Giff Johnson is a

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based editor and journalist. He is also author of the self-published book ''Don't Ever Whisper'' which tells of his late wife

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's fight to share the Marshall Islanders plight with the rest of the world wasn't being told of the events. In 2013, he was interviewed by ABC Radio presenter

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in relation to the book.

Career

Johnson is the editor of the ''

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''. He is also the Marshall Islands correspondent for

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and for

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Previous roles

He was for a period of time from early 2001 to 2003 the interim managing editor of

Pacific Magazine ''Pacific Magazine'' was a regional news and current affairs magazine and online news agency specializing in the coverage of the Pacific Islands region, including Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The magazine was headquartered and published ...

. He continued as Pacific Magazine’s contributing editor from where he was based in

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until Pacific Magazine halted publication in 2008. He has been a freelance writer and was also an editor for the Honolulu published Micronesia Bulletin from 1976 to 1984.

Books

* "Collision Course at Kwajalein: Marshall Islanders in the Shadow of the Bomb," 1984, Pacific Concerns Resource Center, Honolulu. * "Nuclear Past, Unclear Future," 2009, Micronitor News and Printing Co., Majuro. * '' Don't ever whisper'' : Darlene Keju, Pacific health pioneer, champion for nuclear survivors, 2013 * "Idyllic No More: Pacific Island Climate, Corruption and Development Dilemmas," 2015.

Personal

Johnson, who is originally from the United States, has lived in the

since 1984. In 1982, he married

on Wotje Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Keju was an outspoken advocate for nuclear weapons test victims in the Marshall Islands and a public health worker who engaged young people with innovative programs for community health development. They were married for 14 years. She died of cancer at the age of 45. A celebration of her life with short speeches and Marshallese music and singing was held at the Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave in Hawaii.Honolulu Advertiser & Star-Bulleti
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In 1998, Johnson married Mathilda Rakin in Majuro. They have one son, Iohaan, and one daughter, Beverly.

References

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