Cory Johnson is a freelance journalist based in Tacoma, Washington. He studied journalism and public administration at the University of Missouri and worked in newsrooms in his native Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi. Two years in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest brought him to the PNW where he now lives in the Tacoma Catholic Worker community. When not writing, he's often found in a bluegrass show or outside with handlebars, hiking sticks, a paddle or camera in his hand.