Hi, my name is Scott Johnson.
I’m a writer and photographer, and for 11 years I was a Newsweek foreign correspondent. Much of the material I gathered during those years — reporting, images, impressions, stolen moments — never made it into the magazine, or anywhere else. This website is about trying to make sense of all that got left behind, on the cutting room floor.
I’m currently the Violence Reporting Fellow at the Oakland Tribune, a one-year program funded by the California Endowment. I report on how violence and trauma is affecting the mental health of communities in the Bay Area.
I’m also the author of a forthcoming memoir, “The Wolf and the Watchman” (Scribe 2012) about my relationship with my father, who worked for 25 years as a case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency. You may find excerpts of the book on this site as well.
I hope to see you here.
Looks like it’s going to be a great site. I am curious to see what’s next!
I just recently came across an article by you and wondered if you were the same person I knew from UW. It seem as if you are. I am humbled and amazed at the work you have done since those days. Take Care. Joel
Will you post links to your stories via your blog? If so, I’ll subscribe via your RSS feed. I’m an Oakland family therapist interested in exactly what you’re writing about.
Hey Scott,
I was wondering what became of you. I’m glad that there is now a place to see what you are working on and what you’re doing with the past. Hope all goes well. Give me a buzz if you’re ever drifting through Paris. -JB
Hi Scott
As an Oakland resident who is concerned about the haphazard treatment of criminal behavior and the socio/economic environments that produce violence, I appreciate the content and investigation of violence/trauma in your columns. I work as a healer in the east bay and wanted to let you know of my services as I imagine that being exposed to the various dysfunctions of the human condition can be stressful in itself. My website is Adi Shakti Healing. Please check it out at your convenience and call me if it feels right.
Good luck to you either way—Adi Shakti
Hi Scott, I’m looking forward to reading your memoir, and am so glad that I have your blog to read up while I await its release because I know for sure that it’s going to be a page turner.
Christine