Joe Johns

For the Welsh lightweight boxing champion, see Joe Johns (boxer).

Joseph Eduardo "Joe" Johns is a CNN correspondent based in the Washington, D.C., bureau.[1] He previously worked as an NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent for TODAY and other NBC programs.[1] He worked for WRC-TV/NBC4 in Washington, D.C. He also worked as an anchor for WSAZ-TV in 1980.[2]

Johns was a star discus thrower at West High School in Columbus, Ohio.[3] Johns was a four-year scholarship track and field athlete at Marshall University[4] and was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.[5] He holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and a law degree from American University in D.C.[1]

Johns was married to former MSNBC analyst Michelle Bernard;[6][7] the couple divorced in 2008.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Joe Johns". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  2. ↑ "WSAZ History | Where Are They Now?". Wsaz.com. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. ↑ CNN's Joe Johns, three others to enter West High Hall of Fame
  4. ↑ CNN correspondent Joe Johns grand marshal of MU homecoming parade
  5. ↑ Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame
  6. ↑ Cook, John (April 9, 2009). "Softball Interview Question Leads to Awkward Answer". Gawker. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Michelle Bernard: 'The Republican Party Needs to Find Its Soul'". 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

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