Joe Johns Biography
Joe Johns is an Emmy award-winning news Anchor/reporter, correspondent, and lawyer working for CNN in Atlanta. He has been working with the network since January 2004.
Joe Johns Age
Johns is 63 years old as of 2022. He was born on April 17, 1959, in Ohio, United States.
Joe Johns Height
Johns stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 7 inches.
Joe Johns Family
Johns has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if he has any siblings.
Joe Johns Wife
Johns is married to Keith Bell. They both tied the knot in the year 2014. Joe was previously married to Michelle Denise Bernard, a former MSNBC analyst. She is also an author, lawyer, and president as well as a CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, politics, and public policy. Unfortunately, they divorced in the year 2008. They were blessed with two children.
Joe Johns’s Net Worth
Johns has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an Anchor/reporter and correspondent.
Joe Johns Salary
He earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 120,500.
Joe Johns Education
Johns graduated from West High School in Columbus, Ohio. He, later on, attended Marshal University in Huntington, West Virginia. Moreover, Joe graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. In addition to that, he holds a Juris Doctor degree from American University in Washington D.C.
Joe Johns Career
Johns works for CNN serving as a senior Washington correspondent. While at the station he was responsible for covering a wide range of political and breaking news stories for the network. Before his current role, Johns served as a justice correspondent, covering legal, crime issues, and the Supreme Court. Johns contributed to the network’s breaking news coverage surrounding the Affordable Care Act as well as the controversy involving electronic monitoring and surveillance involving the National Security Agency.
Furthermore, he was also serving as a senior correspondent covering current news events and political events across the network’s programming. In addition to that, Jope contributed to the network’s America’s Choice 2012 election coverage, reporting on political events throughout the campaign season. Johns was also instrumental in the network’s Emmy award-winning election coverage.
Joe Johns NBC News
Before working at CNN, Johns covered events on Capitol Hill, at the White House, and at the Pentagon for more than 10 years with NBC News. He has reported on some breaking news and political stories at NBC News. The news included the entire “Beltway Sniper” saga, the Sago Mine disaster in January 2006, and the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton.
Moreover, Joe broke the story of House Majority Leader Tom Delay’s first st indictment on conspiracy charges and he traveled to Haiti with Marines ordered by Clinton to assist in that country’s transition from a dictatorship to a democracy.
Furthermore, he was among the NBC Nightly News team to receive an Edward R. Murrow Award for his “Beltway Sniper” reporting. Previously, Joe was working for WRC-TV, an NBC affiliate. While t the station he won an Emmy for his reporting on the violent tactics used by the Nation of Islam to rid a district neighborhood of drugs. Prior to that, Johns was a reporter at WSOC-TV, in Charlotte, N.C.
His Tv career began as a reporter and anchor at WSAZ-TV in Huntington, W.Va. in 1980. Additionally, Joe is a former chairman of the executive committee of Correspondents of the Television Galleries and president of the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association and the Congressional Radio. Johns is also a former member of the board of science for the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter and of the National Academy of Television Arts.
Joe Johns Awards
John’s reporting is bestowed two 2011 Emmy Awards for Anderson Cooper 360°’s Haiti earthquake coverage. He is also a beneficiary of two National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence awards. In 2005 Joe was honored for a profile on lynching survivor James Cameron. Moreover, in 2007 he was awarded for a series of pieces on environmental injustice.
Johns played a big role in CNN’s Emmy award-winning Election Night coverage in 2012 and 2006. In addition to that, He was a member of the Peabody Award-winning Best Political Team on Television throughout the America Votes 2008 election coverage. Additionally, Joe narrated and reported documentaries for CNN on the 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States, fraud in national elections, and allegations of voter suppression.
Joe Johns CNN
Johns is working at CNN where he works alongside other famous CNN meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Nia-Malika Henderson
- Melanie Hicken
- Kristen Holmes
- Athena Jones
- Jomana Karadsheh
- Randi Kaye
- Alison Kosik
- Kyung Lah
- Ed Lavandera
- MJ Lee
- Oren Liebermann
- Kristie Lu Stout
- Suzanne Malveaux
- Phil Mattingly
Joe Johns Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Twitter. He has over 22K followers on his Twitter accounts.
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