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Born in Medford, Oregon, Johns studied technical journalism at Oregon State University and photojournalism at the University of Minnesota.
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After a reorganization, in April 2014, Johns was named chief content officer of National Geographic Magazine. He spent many years in Africa for the magazine and is the first photographer to have been named its editor-in-chief He started his journalism career at daily newspapers.
Johns began his photography career as a staff member at The Topeka Capital-Journal (where he and Gerald Ford"s daughter Susan Ford were the paper"s two interns in 1975).
He was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association in 1979 at age 28, and became a staff photographer at the Seattle Times in 1980. After joining National Geographic, he contributed extensively, shooting two cover articles before becoming an editors
Johns has photographed extensively in Africa. The foreword to Johns" photography book Valley of Life: Africa"s Great Rift was written by Nelson Mandela.
Johns was named Editor of the Year in October 2008 by Advertising Age magazine at the American Magazine Conference.
Johns was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Indiana University Bloomington in 2009.
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