John Walk

Features, profiles writer for LNP|LancasterOnline.com
Lancaster, PA.
Awards: First place, Sports Feature (circ. 50K+), 2023 Keystone Awards / Second place, Sports Breaking News/Event Coverage (circ. 50K+), 2022 Keystone Awards / First place, Feature Story (circ. 50K+), 2021 Keystone Awards / Second place, Best Sports Feature, (circ. 50K+), 2020 Keystone Awards / First place, Features Beat Reporting (circ. 40,000-74,999), 2017 Keystone Awards / First place, Features Beat Reporting (circ. 40,000-74,999), 2016 Keystone Awards / Second place, sports feature reporting (circ. 15K-30K), 2015 Pa. Associated Press Managing Editors

About

John Walk

After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Penn State University in 2010, John immediately went to work for The York (PA) Dispatch newspaper, covering City Hall for the first nine months of his career before transitioning to sports. Over the next five years, he covered just about every high school sport imaginable in the 20-plus team York-Adams League, in addition to serving as the beat reporter for NCAA D-III York College men's and women's basketball teams and the independent York Revolution baseball team.
John returned to his hometown of Lancaster, PA., in February 2015, when he began working for LNP|LancasterOnline. For the next eight years, John took on the beats of high school football, basketball and lacrosse in the 20-plus team Lancaster-Lebanon League. He transitioned to the news side as a features/profiles writer in April 2023.
While blessed to be the messenger of several award-winning feature stories, John is comfortable in front of and behind the camera, stays active on social media platforms, and previously hosted a 100-episode podcast over two years. John and his wife are the parents to two young children.