An HD-Vision Thing.(Jeff Johnson, Gannett Broadcasting Group)(Broadcasting and Cable technology leadership award)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2007 by Barrett, Larry

By Larry Barrett Gannett's Jeff Johnson fearlessly leads his station group into the digital age Jeff Johnson spends more time everyday thinking about the future of television than most people do watching it. And day by day, station by station, Johnson, Gannett Broadcasting VP of technology since 2004, is leading his company's 23 television stations and the 20.1 million households they serve into the digital and hi-def future, earning a Technology Leadership Award along the way.

While some broadcasters are wringing their hands over the government-mandated Feb. 17, 2009, deadline to upgrade their systems to digital, Johnson is more excited than nervous. "It's not very often in a person's career that you have a chance to reinvent...

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