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Michael Friis Johansen
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Worst Case Scenario
News, views and spews from the end of human civilization.
Latest photo essay:
Since the island of Java is one of the most densely populated pieces of real estate on Earth, humans leave little room for other species to live and roam free. As natural spaces shrink daily, few examples of wildlife can be found. Most animals are either already domesticated, or held in unnatural captivity.
See photos.
Featured from the archives:
Just over 11 years ago my faithful companion, my dog Ben, who had been with me since he was less than a month old, was beginning to feel the irreversible effects of old age.
He's been on my mind lately, as the anniversary of his death approaches, so I wanted to share how I dealt with the growing sadness I was feeling at the time.
Please read The Western Star story of May 2014: Find it here.
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Michael Johansen is an award-winning Canadian author and journalist. He has worked in Canada and overseas for various news outlets, reporting for NTV news, CBC radio and various print and online media, including the Canadian Press, the St. John's Telegram, New Brunswick's Telegraph-Journal, Reuters and OhMyNews International. He was the founding editor of Labrador Life, a quarterly eastern Canadian cultural and current affairs magazine, and has also taught writers of various levels, including those who speak English as a second language. For the past several years he has been a copy editor on Indonesia's English-language daily newspaper, The Jakarta Post. Read full CV here.