Fawn Johnson’s Inside View of Education Politics

Johnson (above, middle) moderating a 2012 EWA Panel (What’s In Store for Common Core?)

First thing’s first: Fawn Johnson has left National Journal to become Chief Policy Editor for @MorningConsult but she’s still going to be writing about education sometimes from her new perch. And, given how much high-quality content she’s been able to put out while covering a bunch of other issues at National Journal, it would be foolish to count her out just yet. Sister publication The Atlantic.com picked up her stuff pretty frequently. My mentions of Johnson on Twitter (@fawnjohnson) have been pretty incessant.

In terms of other education writers, Johnson is a big admirer of Lyndsey Layton’s Common Core reporting.  She’s also a fan of Emma Brown and Nick Anderson, also at the Post. She remembers watching Politico’s Maggie Severns on CSPAN earlier this summer: “She had every single angle perfectly,” And, like many others, she also enjoys listening to Alyson Klein on USDE press calls. “Oh my god, I love how she asks these questions.”