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.
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 with the pack on breaking news is essential. But reporters … Read more
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 interrupted with scratchy reports of people in distress. Aunties entered … Read more
