John Dodge

John Dodge was a
columnist, editorial page writer, and investigative reporter for the Olympian before retiring in 2015 after an
award-winning career spanning forty years. Dodge is a veteran of
natural disaster reporting, including the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens,
the 1989 Bay Area earthquake, the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, and numerous
damaging windstorms and floods. He experienced the Columbus Day Storm as a
young teenager and wrote about the storm at its twenty-fifth, fortieth, and fiftieth
anniversaries. He lives in Olympia, Washington, with his wife, Barbara Digman.