Faculty
Brian Johnson
10 Gregory Hall
(217) 333-2103
bkj - at - illinois.edu
Education
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Affiliations
Associate Head, Department of Journalism
Professor of Journalism
Course Specialties
Multimedia
Photojournalism
Advanced photojournalism
Background
Johnson is a former staff photojournalist at a daily newspaper and has been teaching at the University of Illinois since 1988. Johnson has received recognition for his teaching including being selected as a Vice Chancellor's Teaching Scholar and as Faculty Member of the Year from the University of Illinois Dad's Association. He was twice the head of the Visual Communications Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the former vice president of the Illinois Press Photographers Association.
Research/Creative Endeavor
Johnson has received more than 60 national, regional and state awards for his photojournalism, multimedia and videos. Johnson's work has been published in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, USA Today, Newsday and others. He was the editor of the book, "C-U in Seven Plus, A Week (Plus a little bit more) in the Life of Champaign-Urbana." His multimedia project, "This Bond," won Best Faculty Creative Project from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.