Dean Martin Johnson of the Manship School of Mass Communication died Monday night, Sept. 28, according to Associate Dean Josh Grimm.

“There is so much to say, but words escape me right now,” Grimm said in a staff email. “I’ll just say this: He was an incredible person, father and a friend and confidant to so many of us. This is a loss we will feel forever.”

Students, faculty and friends of the Manship School of Mass Communication share their memories with Dean Johnson on Twitter.
Quint Forgey is a breaking news reporter for Politico, a Manship alumnus and a former Reveille editor-in-chief.

Sarah Gamard is a Delaware government & politics reporter for the USA Today Network and a Manship alumna.

James Smith is a graduate student at the Manship School of Mass Communication.

Lance Porter is the founding director of the Social Media & Analysis Lab and a professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication.

Andrew Searles is an alumnus of the Manship School of Mass Communication.

Evan Saacks is a writer for And The Valley Shook, an alumnus of the Manship School of Mass Communication and a former managing editor for The Reveille.

Sam Karlin is a political reporter for the Advocate and a Manship School of Mass Communication alumnus.

Justin Franklin is the president of the LSU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and a political communications senior at the Manship School of Mass Communication.

Valencia Richardson is an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Campaign Legal Center and a 2016 alumna of the Manship School of Mass Communication.

Nathan Kalmoe is a professor and the area head of the political communications department of the Manship School of Mass Communication. Kalmoe assumed Johnson’s former position as area head when he became the dean.