Aric Johnson Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Recruit, admit, advise and mentor students for a variety of graduate programs at the Cronkite School. Help build a strong recruiting strategy for master students. Tie career and academic services into a single mission that starts with prospective students looking at enrolling at Cronkite School, and stays with them until they graduate and beyond.

Scottsdale

Reporter for WorldatWork's workspan magazine. WorldatWork is a nonprofit human resources association for professionals and organizations focused on compensation, benefits, work-life effectiveness and total rewards — strategies to attract, motivate and retain an engaged and productive workforce. Workspan is a month publication that focuses on total rewards.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Worked directly with vice presidents, top editors and news directors to recruit interns, entry-level talent and senior newsroom leaders. Handled recruiting and screening for more than a 100 interns a year for the USA TODAY NETWORK's more than 100 news operations.Helped oversee training efforts for more than 200 interns. Assisted with diversity efforts for.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Leader of a unique joint program among The Arizona Republic, azcentral.com, 12 News and Arizona State University. In that roll, served as a full-time faculty member for ASU's Walter Cronkite School for Journalism and Mass Communication. Also was an Action Team Editor with Republic Media (see below). The team were students enrolled in a 3-credit class that.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Held a variety of positions at The Republic, including Tempe Republic editor, education editor and assistant business editor, before being taking the role as a breaking news editor and professor. Also helped with The Republic’s recruiting efforts at industry conventions. Attended a month-long diversity and management training program at Northwestern.

Fresno, California Area

Covered a range of business issues for the Central Valley's newspaper. Also worked as assistant metro editor and bureau chief in Visalia, Calif. Recruited a senior editor, reporters and copy editors for the paper.

Reno, Nevada Area

Was an assistant metro editor for the newspaper that covered northern Nevada. Also worked as a business reporter handling beats including the economy, utilities and small businesses. Before that, was a public safety reporter handling issues across the state.

Pasadena, California

Covered public safety as well as city hall in Arcadia, Sierra Madre and Monrovia.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Daily Trojan newspaperStudied journalism after transferring to USC as an aerospace engineering and Japanese.

Summer Program On News Management And Diversity

Spent a summer at the fantastic Maynard Institute for Journalism Education program at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management and.

Summer Program On Editing And Newsroom Management

Spent a summer at the University of Arizona in the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education editing program learning how to be a line.

Engineering

Studied engineering and Japanese to be eligible to transfer to USC.

Education record