Kurt Johnson, senior sports editor

Kurt Johnson, senior sports editor of The Placer Herald, Lincoln News Messenger, and The Press-Tribune was born and raised in Roseville a few blocks away from the offices of The Press-Tribune. He graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in 1989 with a degree in communications. Kurt grew up playing youth and school sports in Roseville, graduating from Roseville High School in 1982 where he play four years of varsity soccer. Prior to joining Gold Country Media Kurt was involved in a start-up online publishing venture, The Placer County Sports Page, where he rekindled his love for covering and writing about youth and high school sports in his hometown. Kurt enjoys getting out to games and covering the sports in the community, and has spent many years coaching youth soccer and baseball in Roseville and in the Bay Area. He lives in Roseville with his wife, Paula, a 1984 graduate Oakmont High School and personal fitness trainer. They have three children. Josh, 22, graduated from Oakmont High School in 2004, and currently resides in Provo, UT with his new bride, Amy, where he is studying athletic training at BYU. Jordan, 18, a 2008 Oakmont graduate, is a freshman at BYU, and Keisha, 12, is a seventh-grader at W.T. Eich Intermediate School and one of the fine young athletes in the community. When not covering sports, Kurt and his family are actively involved in their church, and they enjoy spending time in some sort of athletic activity. Kurt loves to hear about the sports we should be covering, so drop him a note by email at kurtj@goldcountrymedia.com.