Khari Johnson

Khari Johnson is a reporter, photographer and video producer who has worked for online news outlets in San Diego, Calif. since 2008.

He founded and was editor of Imperial Beach Patch from August 2010 to January 2014. He also covered communities of Coronado and La Mesa-Mount Helix as a Patch editor. 

Since 2008 Khari has done work for Media Arts Center of San Diego, San Diego News Network and voiceofsandiego.org and has reported stories for San Francisco Chronicle and Business 2.0 Magazine.

Johnson has received awards  from San Diego Press Club and Patch.com and scholarships from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, Knight Foundation and San Diego Association of Black Journalists.

In the United States he has reported stories in San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado Springs and South Florida. In Europe he has reported stories in Holland, Denmark, Italy, France, Turkey and as far east as the border of Syria and Iraq.

Johnson joined journalism students from eight other countries in the Europe in the World program at Hogeschool von Utrecht in fall 2005 and Danish School of Media and Journalism in spring 2006.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism with an emphasis in print and online media and political science minor from San Francisco State University.

Khari currently consults and works with online startup and news ventures in San Diego.

Visit kjohnsonmedia.com to contact Khari, see examples of his work or review Khari’s resume.

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