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George Toshio Johnston is the former director of business development at The Rafu Shimpo, where he also has written a column on media, “Into the Next Stage,” since 1992. He began his print journalism career at Pacific Citizen the newspaper published by the JACL. His résumé also includes working for the Wave Newspapers, Daily Journal Corp, the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Orange County Register, Hollywood Reporter, and Investor’s Business Daily. He also served a stint as editor of Yolk Magazine. In years past Johnston has been active in JACL, AAJA, and MANAA, which he conceived of and co-founded. He is a founding member of the Writers Guild of America’s Asian American Writers Committee, is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Professional Program in Screenwriting and he also produced, wrote, directed and edited “Going for Honor, Going for Broke: The 442 Story,” an award-winning short-form documentary on the 100th Battalion/442 Regimental Combat Team. Johnston is married to Sachi Johnston and is the father of two children, Akari and Jameson. He resides in Culver City.
Updated October 2017