Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post science reporter. Author of novel "Though The Earth Gives Way". One-time guitarist for punk band, The Bloody Stumps.
Arlington, Virginia
Joined January 2009
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Thank you, Mark, for your exquisite talent of complex scientific storytelling. “The Family Plan” article (published by “The Atavist”) about a family’s three decade journey of persistence led to developing an FDA approved treatment for C3G was not only inspiring but a joy to read.
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An uplifting story from the American Heartland. An Iowa family rallied researchers globally to help solve a medical mystery. @majohnso reporting magazine.atavist.com/2026/th…
Thank you to Longreads for featuring an excerpt of my story for The Atavist, "The Family Plan." It's about the 30-year quest to find a treatment for an ultra-rare disease, C3G. Thanks to editor Seyward Darby for guiding the story to the finish line. magazine.atavist.com/2026/th…
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There's no better journalist anywhere writing about kids and devastating medical conditions than Mark Johnson @majohnso. And his narrative for @atavist is up there with his best Pulitzer-winning work: magazine.atavist.com/2026/th…
The 30-year quest to treat the ultrarare disease C3G: How science and its supporters banded together to save lives. I was blessed to work on this story for the last year. Thank you to The Atavist and editor Seyward Darby for bringing it into the world. magazine.atavist.com
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While the press is being maligned, laid off & excluded, it’s important to remember they are hard working people who deliver information you can use. @majohnso won a Pulitzer Prize about a lifesaving scientific breakthrough. He shares about Washington Post: youtube.com/watch?v=qXQYODHV…
In February, I was one of 350 journalists The Washington Post laid off. Today the divorce is final. People say it's not personal. It just feels that way. I'm grateful for my time at The Post. I learned from the best. Still hunting for cool stories at: [email protected].
OUT OF THE LAB AND INTO THE STREET. I have a freelance story in The Guardian US today profiling the woman at the helm of the Stand Up For Science organization, Colette Delawalla. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
A day or two after The Washington Post laid me off, I was contacted out of the blue with an offer to go on Peter Friedman's excellent Get the Tip podcast. Turned out to be a lot of fun. youtube.com/watch?v=qXQYODHV…
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Mark praises fellow colleagues @annevhull @geneweingarten and David Finkel
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How to break stories about lifesaving medical breakthroughs @majohnso shares BTS of winning Pulitzer for @MedicalCollege story on #sequencing How to translate scientific jargon @SparkMedia @ScienceWriting @JohnsHopkinsSPH @HowardJacob_Phd @pulitzercenter youtube.com/watch?v=qXQYODHV…
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Major devastating #vulture loss and the catastrophic consequences by @majohnso @washingtonpost @CornellSounds @Cornell @CornellCALS #BirdLoss washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Claims of watching life saving surgeries- on themselves. Near death experiences: can science explain them or is it something else? An examination of #NDE @majohnso @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Read this excellent article in EdSurge on the new book, "Miracle Children." It tells the story of how a small Louisiana school misled families and thwarted students’ college dreams. edsurge.com/news/2026-02-09-…
I remember driving to New York on 9/11 to cover the aftermath of the terror attacks. We used to be the kind of country where we cared for each other. Empathy is the thing we've forgotten.
Thanks to all who posted kind notes after I Tweeted about my layoff from The Post and the layoffs of so many others. The support means a great deal. For those rejoicing, the guy who said, Learn how to pour coffee, the one who asked, How's that covid vaccine working out? Really?
I was laid off today by The Post. I'd dreamed of working here since university and was proud to represent The Post. Looking for a new chance to write stories that touch the heart and help people understand this crazy world. Thank you to all my sources. [email protected]
Doctors in Chicago saved a man with a rare infection that had liquefied his lungs, hooking him up to what they have called a total artificial lung. My story in on The Washington Post web site: washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Story in today's Washington Post describes fascinating new study of same-sex relations among primates that suggests the behavior offers evolutionary benefits. washingtonpost.com/health/20…
