Akira Johnson

Freelance Creative Writer

United States

I have experience in writing articles, blogs, scripts, and short stories. I also have experience in editing and ghost writing. I have worked with Glowell magazine, The Borgen Project, Canyon News, and Harness Magazine.

Inquiries: [email protected]

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Glowellmag
12/03/2019
Amazing Brain Benefits of Running

Posted on | You've heard of the health benefits of running: Running can reduce stress, improve heart health, boost the ability to learn, and even help you live longer. Researchers have found that runners live, on average, three years longer than non-runners; running protects against two of the most common causes of mortality: cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Canyon News
07/24/2018
Prosecutors Reviewing Drug Overdose Case - Canyon News

WEST HOLLYWOOD-Prosecutors are reviewing a drug overdose case involving Gemmel Moore, 26, who died inside the West Hollywood home of Democratic donor Ed Buck, 63. On July 27, 2017, Moore died from a drug overdose on methamphetamine inside Buck's home which was littered with drug paraphernalia and sex toys.

Unpublished
06/07/2018
Transgender Anti-Discrimination Bill

On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, the New Hampshire state senate sent a bill to Republican Governor Chris Sununu protecting transgender people from discrimination. The bill is said to add gender identity to the banning of discrimination based on race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation.

Unpublished
05/31/2018
Transgender versus School Board

A transgender student’s case that reached the Supreme Court has thrust the nation into a debate about the rights of transgender people. In an order handed down on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied a motion by the Gloucester County school board to dismiss the lawsuit brought by the student, Gavin Grimm. The school board had maintained that Mr. Grimm’s “biological gender” was female and had...

Unpublished
03/14/2018
Forty-Six Year Long Investigation

Sheri Farmer, mother of the late Lori Farmer, is still searching for her daughter’s murderers forty years later. She says that she still remembers her last words to her daughter. “We hugged and I told her I loved her.” Farmer told PEOPLE. “I wish I had not let her go. It was her first time to ever go to camp anywhere.”

Unpublished
03/08/2018
Left Oblivious for Seven Decades

Seven decades ago, six weeks after their marriage Lieutenant Billie Harris had to serve in World War 2. Days after arriving to fight, Billie and Peggy lost contact with one another leaving Mrs. Harris worried. Peggy knew deeply that Billie wouldn’t just disappear and went out to seek answers.