Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Marlene Johnson
Marlene Johnson
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| Other authors / contributors: | Johnson, Marlene L., 1936- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2013 March 2.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Newspaper reporter and assistant editor Marlene L. Johnson was born on November 22, 1936 in Rochester, New York. Johnson received her B.S. degree in secondary education and English from Wayne State University in 1973 and her M.S. degree in media instructional systems from the University of the District of Columbia in 1983. In 2007, Johnson graduated from the Howard University School of Divinity with her M.A. degree in religious studies. Early in her career, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Associated Press in Detroit, Michigan. In 1973, Johnson won a class-action discrimination lawsuit against the Associated Press which led to the establishment of a formal minority training program at the Associated Press. In 1994, Johnson became an assistant editor at the Washington Times. In 2007, Johnson was appointed executive editor for the online newspapers owned by Redding Communications, Inc. In addition, Johnson founded the media consulting firm Grapevine Communications.
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