Brent Johnson Do Before Journalism Summary

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By: Kendrah Bender The family tradition lives on in the family of the Johnson’s. Mr. Johnson shows us how interesting Journalism is by introducing Brent Johnson to the class.

Brent Johnson came to our class on February eleventh wearing a plaid shirt, and khaki pants. Brent started off with asking the class “If anyone has questions before he starts” and some of the students did ask Brent Johnson ”what did he do before journalism?” “what are some stories he covered? Brent Johnson paused for a moment and quickly answered “What did he do before journalism?”
“He said he was a sportscaster and his job was to say what the person did in a basketball game.” But, he said he didn’t like the job because when you tried to explain some of the things

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