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Michelle Johnson

Associate Professor of the Practice, Journalism at Boston University

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Michelle Johnson, a former editor for the Boston Globe, was part of the team that launched the Globe’s award-winning regional website, boston.com. Prior to moving into online media she was an editor for the Metro, National, Foreign and Business sections of the newspaper.

Johnson served as Assistant Political Editor, Senior Assistant Business Editor, Senior Assistant Night Editor, and for many years as a copy editor, before being named the first Editorial Manager of boston.com in 1995.
After leaving the Globe she freelanced a personal technology column for the paper. She has extensive experience writing, editing and producing multimedia for both print and online.

Johnson was awarded a Knight Fellowship to study for a year at Stanford University in 1993. She has received awards for excellence from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA).

For more than 15 years, Johnson has taught numerous multimedia workshops for both professional journalists from news organizations around the country and student training programs for a variety of professional journalism organizations including the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Maynard Institute, NABJ, NLGJA, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and UNITY, Journalists of Color Inc.

Prior to joining the faculty at Boston University, Johnson was a Journalist-in-Residence at Emerson College where she also spent several years as technology manager assisting in the renovation of the department into a multimillion-dollar, cross-platform facility, as well as helping to revise the department’s curriculum. She also lectured as an adjunct in the journalism department at Boston University from 2003 to 2006.

Johnson’s work and teaching have taken her to newsrooms, schools and programs engaged in training professional journalists and journalism students nationwide and internationally.

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Robots can help reporters face wider horizons

May 23, 2016

Boston Herald Michelle Johnson, College of Communication As news organizations scramble for ways to cut costs, robot video conferencing is one tool that could dramatically expand reporters’ access to events and previously unaccommodating government agencies… Expert quote: “I’m skeptical that it would work. Public officials can give you the slip. Imagine if there’s a machine in […]

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How and when media organizations decide to show murder

August 30, 2015

Boston.com Michelle Johnson, College of Communication The murder of two Virginia journalists on Wednesday, filmed from the shooter’s and cameraman’s point of view, offered the core question of journalistic ethics. Is gore appropriate to show people? Is there a way to tell this story without the video or images? How far can — should — […]

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What Are The Important Issues This Election?

May 20, 2014

WGBH News Michelle Johnson, College of Communication Taped by WGBH Forum Network, a panel of professors and policy experts visited Cambridge Forum to discuss the important issues in the 2014 mid-term election…The panel was moderated by Boston University’s Michelle Johnson. View full article referencing expert Michelle Johnson

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Boston Marathon bombings had professor fearing for her students

April 15, 2014

FoxSports.com Michelle Johnson, College of Communication Michelle Johnson had spent most of her day working from a classroom in Boston University’s College of Communication. From her makeshift newsroom, roughly one-and-a-half miles from the Boston Marathon finish line, Johnson sent out a message to her students – check in as soon as possible… Expert quote: “We had […]

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National Association of Black Journalists salutes Globe writers

August 16, 2013

Boston Globe (subscription required) Michelle Johnson, College of Communication The National Association of Black Journalists recognized a Boston Globe columnist, reporters from the Globe’s Metro desk, and a Boston University professor in the association’s 2013 Salute to Excellence Awards… View full article

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Trending in journalism education: Online degrees, entrepreneurship, mobile design

January 8, 2013

PBS “Mediashift” Michelle Johnson, College of Communication As 2013 gets underway, we’ve invited journalism educators to share what they think may be some the biggest trends in the J-school arena… View article

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Romney charges journalists to cover tonight’s party, Obama gives journalists free access

November 6, 2012

Poynter.org Michelle Johnson, College of Communication Journalists covering Mitt Romney’s election night party will have to pay for the privilege… View article

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Financial Dispute Weakens Journalists’ Push for Unity

August 3, 2012

New York Times Michelle Johnson, College of Communication Nearly every four years since the mid-1990s, hundreds of journalists like those gathering here this week have come together under the banner of “Unity: Journalists of Color,” a nod toward the conference’s efforts to increase the number of minorities in newsrooms across the country… View article

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