Producer/journalist

Cathy Johnson

Cathy Johnson has been a journalist with ABC Health Online since 2003. She is currently a journalist and producer for the website, and was presenter of the video series Healthy Living. She also co-wrote and produced the early series of Norman Swan's Health Minutes videos.

Cathy's previous media experience includes six years as a reporter with ABC TV's science program Quantum, and three years as a staff writer for The Sydney Morning Herald. She has also worked on documentaries for Discovery Channel, and freelanced for magazines including The Bulletin and Australian Geographic.

She has degrees in science and journalism and as the recipient of a Rotary Scholarship, completed a Knight Science Journalism fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.