Pam Johnson (editor)

{{Short description|American journalist and editor (1946–2021)}}

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| name = Pam Johnson

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| birth_name = Pamela Jean Eliason

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Carthage, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|20|1946|11|14|mf=y}}{{Cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Kelsy|title=Trailblazing journalist Pam Johnson dies at age 74|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/trailblazing-journalist-pam-johnson-dies-at-age-74/article_e5fb0fb6-5cf5-11eb-8c7f-838b1a9f866d.html|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Columbia Missourian|date=January 22, 2021 |language=en}}

| occupation = Journalist, editor

| awards = Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, 1982
Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism (2000)

| language = English

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = Missouri Southern State University
University of Missouri

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Pam Johnson (November 14, 1946 — January 20, 2021) was the first woman to serve as managing editor of The Arizona Republic, the 15th largest newspaper in the U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/blog/2019/10/24/the-top-25-us-daily-newspapers-of-fall-2019|title=The top 25 U.S. Daily newspapers of fall 2019}} and the largest newspaper in Arizona. She was also the first female managing editor of The Republic's sister newspaper, The Phoenix Gazette.{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-kansas-city-arizona-michael-brown-phoenix-d701bf191c0f0a1139065017a73c2e03|title = Pam Johnson, former Arizona Republic executive editor, dies| website=Associated Press News |date = 21 January 2021}} In addition to her newspaper management career, Johnson worked at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in Florida and then as executive director of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, starting in 2004.{{Cite web|last=Mertz|first=Regan|title=Pioneer for women in journalism dies at age 74|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/visuals/graphics/pioneer-for-women-in-journalism-dies-at-age-74/pdf_e1a4d256-61ac-11eb-b3a7-976f379e80c1.html|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Columbia Missourian|date=January 28, 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/01/21/pam-johnson-editor-arizona-republic-and-phoenix-gazette-dies/4245246001/|title = Pam Johnson, former top editor of the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette, has died at 74}} Johnson, who died in January 2021, graduated from Missouri School of Journalism in 1969 with a bachelor's degree.

Johnson and reporters from the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Times were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for team coverage of the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse in 1982.