Staff Profile

Jim Johnson

  • Position:Senior Reporter
  • Biography:Jim Johnson has been a reporter with Waste & Recycling News since 1997. Prior to that he was a reporter and editor at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Delaware.

    What I’d be if I wasn't a journalist:
    an entrepreneur making and selling something.
    Secret to life, in 10 words or less:
    If I knew that, I wouldn't be working at WRN.
    Lesson I wish I learned earlier:
    Some of the greatest things in life are not considered cool.
    Favorite Muppet:
    George Will
    Last meal on earth:
    Bacon cheeseburger
    What I’d consider rescuing in a fire:
    Family, then family pictures.
    Weird geneological fact:
    Shocked to recently learn an ancestor was a U.S. Senator. He was expelled for supporting the Confederacy during the Civil War.
    My first car:
    1973 Nova
    Childhood story I’ll never live down:
    I had two imaginary friends, Ghosty and Slimmy, who would take the fall when needed. And they were needed often.
    Movie everyone should see before they die:
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Surprising thing on my bucket list:
    Learn how to play the violin.
  • Phone:937-964-1289
  • Email:jpjohnson@crain.com
  • Address:1155 Gratiot Ave.
  • City:Detroit

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