Eric was the Sports Director at KOMO for many years, but recently he became the anchor for the 5:00 news.
He was raised in Spokane (East Valley High School), and majored in broadcasting in the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications at Washington State University. He also played baseball at WSU (he says with very limited success).
In his 15 years at KOMO, Eric has been awarded more than 25 Regional Emmy Awards, and in 2007 was given the highest prize in local television news, a National Edward R. Murrow Award for best feature story in the country.
He has been in the middle of most of the major Seattle sports stories of the past decade and a half. He was there for the '95 Mariners, and the '96 Sonics, the Seahawks Super Bowl run, too many Apple Cups to count, and the Storm's championship season.
In 1993 he created a popular weekly feature called, "Eric's Little Heroes." Seattle laughed for years at kids running the wrong way, saying the wrong things, and proving every week what sports are truly about. And after being gone for a couple of years, "Eric's Little Heroes" has returned to KOMO 4.
Eric has a wife and two children; a boy and a girl. In his spare time he plays in an adult baseball league, works on his antique Ford, plays piano, and writes music.
By Eric JohnsonPublished: May 18, 2013 at 10:39 AM PDTLast Updated: May 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM PDT
You'll find a different breed of vets at the stand down in Forks - the ones who want to be as far away from people as possible.Some have been fighting their own "personal" wars for more than four decades.
By Eric JohnsonPublished: Feb 26, 2013 at 6:37 PM PDTLast Updated: Feb 26, 2013 at 6:58 PM PDT
Elsie Smith not only kept her promise to the love of her life, she has some control of her remaining time on Earth, and now she'll proudly leave something behind, thanks to thousands in donations from KOMO viewers.
By Eric JohnsonPublished: Feb 15, 2013 at 5:46 PM PDTLast Updated: Feb 19, 2013 at 8:45 AM PDT
Elsie Smith is having an estate sale this weekend even though she'd rather not. She needs money to do something very important. And if that means selling all of her belongings to get it done, then so be it.
By Eric JohnsonPublished: Feb 13, 2013 at 5:24 PM PDTLast Updated: Feb 13, 2013 at 6:51 PM PDT
Two months ago, it was a day to celebrate coming home for the soldiers known as the Tomahawks. And this week, it was time to celebrate the work they left behind.
By Eric JohnsonPublished: Feb 11, 2013 at 2:04 PM PDTLast Updated: Feb 11, 2013 at 2:52 PM PDT
Bill Wuorinen, a veteran who fought in the Korean War, was finally awarded the Silver Star medal in his hometown of Naselle, Washington.
82-year-old Wuorinen should have been awarded the medal after acts of heroism in 'Little Gibraltar,' a battle leaving only 16 American soldiers standing.
'Stand downs' serve vets who live in woods near Forks (Video)
