Joe Johns is Joseph Eduardo Johns and he is a cnn correspondent who is based in the city of Washington D.C bureau. He was working before on NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent for TODAY and for other NBC programs. He worked for WRC-TV/NBC4 of Washington D.C and he was working for like anchor for WSAZ-TV in the year 1980. He was the star discus thrower of West High School in the city of Columbus in Ohio. He was on the scholarship track for four years and he was a field athlete for Marshall University. He was inducted in Marshall University Athletic Hall of Fame in the year 2003. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in the political science of Marshal University in the Huntington West Virginia and of Law Degree of American University of D.C.
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Joe Johns was married to Michelle Bernard who was a former MSNBC analyst but he divorced his wife in the year 2008.
Joe Johns was named to be a CNN senior Washington correspondent in 2014 and he was the senior correspondent who was covering the Supreme Court with Criminal Justice. Because he is known to cover law enforcement reporting, he was also given the job to cover the political and current events. He worked as congressional correspondent in the year 2004 and he is based in Washington D.C. Before working for CNN, he was working for Capitol Hill for over 10 years and he covered many debates about the election and the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. He also covered the anthrax mailing after the terrorist attacks, Supreme Court information about the death of the Chief Justice Warren Rehnquist and for the Justice Sandra Day O’ Connor’s retirement. He was also in charge to break the story about the conspiracy charges of House majority Leader Tom Delay.
His reporting also included reporting for the white house and for Pentagon. He covered the historic tour of Bill Clinton to Africa and he followed the first lady Hillary Clinton on the visit she had in seven nations in Central Europe. In the year 1994, he went to Haiti together with Marines that had been ordered under Clinton to assist in the transition of the country from the dictatorship to become a democratic country.
Joe Johns came to live in Washington D.C first when he joined the WRC-TV which was a NBC affiliate. He got an Emmy award for covering the spot news about the violent tactics that Nation of Islam was using to get rid of the drugs in a neighborhood. His latest coverage about Haiti earthquake coverage and the National Association of Black Journalists Salute led to Excellence award. His twitter is @joejohnscnn. There is no information about his age, salary or net worth. He should not be confused with Joe Johns realty who is a real estate agent or with joe Johnson.
Last Modified: Apr 7, 2020
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