Name: Bruce A. Johnson.
Where and when I was born: Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1958.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and film from Boston University in 1981.
Family: Wife Cynthia Struye and daughters Mallory and Erin.
How I came to work at FFRF: Heard from a friend that the FFRF was looking to do more video communications. I have experience in building small video studios, and 35 years experience in commercial, public and corporate television, so it seemed like a good match.
What I do here: Shoot, edit, direct and produce multimedia content, including “Newsbites” and our Facebook Live program “Ask An Atheist.”
What I like best about it: It’s a job that needs to be done.
What gets old about it: Nothing yet!
I spend a lot of time thinking about: Ethics and hypocrisy, solar energy, electric transportation.
I spend little if any time thinking about: The past.
My religious upbringing was: Catholic.
My doubts about religion started: When I was quite young, I started to see the disconnect between what was preached in gospels and how people actually lived. And when I was kicked out of guitar mass for playing lead during “Michael Row The Boat Ashore.”
Things I like: Solar energy, electric transportation, bicycles, volleyball, alpine skiing, travel.
Things I smite: People who are irrationally wedded to gasoline. Harleys with ridiculously loud exhaust systems.
In my golden years: I have built a teardrop-style camper, and I want to tow it behind a Tesla and see the parts of the United States I haven’t gotten to yet.
