Richard Johnson

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Senior Editor and Head of Data Visualization, McKinsey Quarterly

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I draw. I draw a lot. Maybe too much. USMC combat artist. Was @washingtonpost, @UNOCHA, @nationalpost, @freep, @globeandmail, @theprovince, & @djcad. @mckinsey.

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Richard Johnson’s Biography

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Richard is a renowned field artist and visual journalist. In his career he has helped cover the war in Afghanistan for The National Post and The Washington Post (traveling with Canadian and U.S. forces), and the war in Iraq for the Detroit Free Press (embedding with the United States Marine Corps). Richard has also worked for the United Nations, heading up a Visual Media Unit as an artist, advocacy photographer and documentary filmmaker in Kenya, Zimbabwe, The Democratic Republic of the Congo a…

Richard Johnson’s Journalist Portfolio

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Canada's colder war in Ukraine

This classroom is much like any other-there are tables, benches, a whiteboard, students, and a teacher up fro…

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Four stories of the heart: Life, death and little socks

On morning and evening rounds, a team of doctors and specialists wheel mobile terminals, like robots from "St…

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Drawing the invisible

I had so many misconceptions about homeless people that it is almost embarrassing to write about it now. I me…

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Defending Dzhokhar

Standing up as a witness for the good character of someone who has already admitted guilt in attempted mass m…

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The Tsarnaev trial: Drawing a line

Richard Johnson is in Boston to draw the final days of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial.

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The victims

Some approach slowly on crutches, some in wheelchairs, some on prosthetics, and some with the damage only vis…

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes indeed. I used one as an anchor.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Ford Prefect - "Six pints of bitter, and quickly please, the world's about to end."

What's your favorite social network?

The Pub.