Journalist and Editor Anita Johnson Inducted into 2023 Hall of Achievement

Anita Johnson ’53, Journalist and Editor, Co-Owner of Eugene Weekly
Anita Johnson is the co-owner of Eugene Weekly and a contributing editor. She bought the paper more than 30 years ago with her husband Art and fellow SOJC grad Fred Taylor ’51. Johnson wrote for the Daily Emerald and the Coeur d’Alene Press during summer breaks from the UO before going to work for the Washington Post, where she wrote feature stories primarily for women readers. In 2021, when she was 92 years old, Editor & Publisher magazine named her one of 15 of the most influential journalists over 50.
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