Joshua Johnson
Joshua Johnson joined KQED as its new morning newscaster in 2010 after six years as an anchor/reporter in his native South Florida. There he helped to launch WLRN Miami Herald News, an innovative partnership between WLRN Public Radio and The Miami Herald. Joshua served as afternoon anchor and general assignment reporter, with emphases on policy, science and government stories. He was a frequent contributor to NPR newscasts, CBS Radio News, American Public Media’s “Marketplace,” and PRI’s “The Takeaway.”
Before working in public radio Joshua was a weekend assignment editor for WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, his hometown, and for WTVJ-TV in Miami. He also worked in public television as a pledge host and a grant writer for WPBT-TV in Miami, developing a young adults’ personal finance initiative for “Nightly Business Report.” WPBT’s CEO, who also taught at The University of Miami, recruited him straight out of college after he pitched the youth initiative for a class assignment.
Joshua is active with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and with SAG-AFTRA, the union representing a wide array of content professionals. He lives in San Francisco.