Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas Johnson, imbued with First Amendment values during his year as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, and a one-time FCC commissioner, has continued to speak out on media issues during the 35 years since leaving the FCC. By now, he's seen media from virtually every angle – as a regulator (FCC, local cable commission); participant (TV host, guest, columnist, NPR commentator); critic and consumer advocate (NCCB, Access magazine, Project Censored, public lecturer); industry representative (Washington lawyer); academic (law school and communication studies professor, think tanks); political use of media (candidate for Congress, school board; others' campaigns); and internationally as an advisor to foreign governments. Author of How to Talk Back to Your Television Set, and Test Pattern for Living, his latest book is Your Second Priority. His Web site is www.nicholasjohnson.org; his blog is: FromDC2Iowa.blogspot.com.