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Carrie Johnson

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Carrie Johnson, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, is a justice correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Prior to joining NPR in 2010, she worked for The Washington Post.

The Justice Beat Goes Into ‘Overdrive’

The Justice Beat Goes Into ‘Overdrive’

Carrie Johnson, NF ’20, on covering the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s home The key to the justice beat is easy to understand and difficult to execute. Running…
August 25, 2022

“Privilege the voices”: NPR’s Carrie Johnson on the power of active listening

I spent my childhood in a tiny pink house in suburban Chicago, surrounded by noise. The television blared theme songs from my grandmother’s soap operas. My grandfather’s fire department scanner…
May 1, 2020