Patrick Johnson

About Patrick Johnson

Everyone has a story. Learning it and sharing it is the fun part. As an award-winning writer and photographer for more than 20 years, my expertise is telling people\'s stories. Whether as a newspaper reporter, advertising writer or tourism correspondent, I try to tell stories that inform, entertain and educate. I am a public information specialist who loves his work, strives to get better every day, believes in life-long learning and is always trying to have fun along the way. Specialties: Writing, interviewing, analyzing information, public records requests, photography, some InDesign, Photoshop, and limited HTML (I have spent a large part of my career posting to websites and I am also adept at social media). I have also held elected office and am adept at figuring out how government processes and politics work and communicating that with the public.

Experience

1. Internal Communications Program Manager

   Oregon Lottery

   Jul 2025 — Present · Salem, OR, US

Education

• George Fox University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1993 — 1996

• Portland State University

  Certificate, Strategic Communications and Public Relations Program

  2018 — 2019

Skills

• Quarkxpress
• Magazines
• Nonprofits
• Editorial
• Social Media
• Crisis Communications
• Creative Writing
• Feature Articles
• Social Networking
• Advertising
• Blogging
• Social Media Marketing
• Corporate Communications
• New Media
• Copywriting
• Press Releases
• Marketing Communications
• Omniture
• Proofreading
• Copy Editing
• Journalism
• Marketing
• Newspaper
• Editing
• Multimedia
• Content Management
• Photography
• Writing
• Newsletters
• Content Strategy
• Facebook
• Public Relations
• Broadcast Journalism
• Storytelling
• Internal Communications
• Research
• Pagemaker
• Interviews
• Speech Writing
• Ap Style