Feb 4, 2019
In his 43 years reporting on Montana politics and government, Chuck Johnson covered 23 legislative sessions, eight governors, nine U.S. Senators, 12 U.S. Representatives, and more elections, controversies and political battles than you can count.
His reporting was always factual, fair, and infused with a sense history and institutional knowledge that gave readers a broader perspective on the most significant issues of the day. That's why Chuck Johnson is known throughout the state as the “Dean of Montanan Politics.”
In Episode 5 of the Montana Lowdown podcast, John Adams sat down with Johnson to talk about what's changed, and what hasn't, at the Montana Legislature over the past 45 years.
Now retired from journalism, Johnson talks candidly about the current state of journalism, the "gross abuse" of the legislative process he's witnessed in recent legislative sessions by key lawmakers, and the untold news stories he hopes journalist will pursue in the weeks and months ahead.