Caitlin Johnson

A writer and journalist, Caitlin manages SparkAction.org, a collaborative journalism and advocacy site developed by and for the child and youth field. SparkAction brings together news, information and advocacy tools to help the child- and youth-serving field connect and mobilize, while involving young people in all aspects of the work.

As a journalist, Caitlin specializes in children's issues and the impact of social policy on families and communities. She has written for OneWorld, Yahoo News, Nation's Cities Weekly, KidsHealth and numerous other outlets. She assisted the Center for Law and Social Policy with its communications strategy and materials as interim director; and launched and directed the National Education Association's bNetSavvy.org, a website for educators, parents and 'tweens.

She has also worked as a technical writer and editor in the areas of social policy, the environment and sustainable development, taught creative writing to middle schoolers and organized a nationally competitive youth poetry slam team.

Caitlin holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction from the University of Virginia, where she was a Hoynes Fellow and received a Poe Fellowship. Her fiction has appeared in Five Points, Gargoyle and other journals