Vicki Johnson
4636 Co. Rd. P
McClure, OH 43534
Vicki Johnson Writing & Editing

Writing samples can be found by clicking here.

As a newspaper writer/editor and magazine
freelance writer for more than 25 years, I have
experienced a wide range of writing assignments
and newspaper beats.

Specializations:
•        Personality profiles
•        Travel features in small-town America
•        History and living history
•        Outdoor recreation
•        Natural resources conservation, recycling
•        Agriculture, renewable fuels
•        Innovative small business

Other skills and experience:
•        Writing and editing newsletters – online or
traditional
•        Website design and maintenance
•        Print publication design
•        Non-profit public relations/publicity
•        Digital photography
•        Editing/copyediting/proofreading


Other current work

Founder, publisher and editor of
Rendezvous Ohio website, www.
RendezvousOhio.com, and quarterly print
publication for people in and around Ohio who
enjoy living history of the Colonial era through
1840

Writer for The Advertiser-Tribune, Tiffin,
Ohio
•        Write news and features stories about
agriculture, outdoor recreation, natural resources
and conservation, as well small business features
and general interest features
•        In the past, served eight years as editor of
Seasonal Guides of Ohio quarterly travel
publication published the The Advertiser-Tribune

Freelance credits

Lake Erie Living magazine, Brunswick, Ohio
Over the Back Fence magazine, Chillicothe, Ohio
Farm World newspaper, Knightstown, Ind.
American Farmer magazine, Ohio edition


Education

Bachelor of science degree in journalism,
Bowling Green State University, 1984


Current volunteer work

One of four staff leaders who planned the
2011 Old Northwest Primitive Rendezvous in
late June 2011, a regional living history event
sponsored by the National Rendezvous and Living
History Foundation that took place at Caesar’s
Creek Pioneer Village, Waynesville, Ohio

One of four staff leaders planning the 2012
Eastern Primitive Rendezvous in September
2012, the largest national living history event in the
Eastern United States sponsored by the National
Rendezvous and Living History Foundation, to take
place near Troy, Ohio