Chloe Johnson

Media Specialist & Writer

United States

As a graduating senior studying multimedia journalism at Morgan State University, Chloe has achieved many accomplishments in the field of communications. Hailing from Northeast Baltimore, she matriculated into the university in 2017 as an honors student.

From her freshman year, Chloe assisted in co-producing and publishing over 20
stories for the 150th Promethean Yearbook. In 2018, she served BearTV as the lead anchor for Morgan News Now, and nominated as Miss Broadcast Education Association the following year. Her reporting ranges from political, lifestyle, and investigative.

In 2020, Chloe reported on youth incarceration as a part of the national News21 journalism investigation at Arizona State University. Most recently, Chloe was named a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Best Social Justice Coverage in 2021. While her emphasis lies heavily on multimedia writing, Chloe maintains a passion for life by studying abroad.

Chloe is currently the Human Resources Specialist at Maryland Public Television, where she also serves as Project Manager of the Women's Leadership Forum.

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11/23/2021
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Please see attached for information on previous work experience.

Kids Imprisoned
08/05/2020
What fuels the sexual-abuse-to-prison pipeline? | News21

illustration by Michele Abercrombie To understand why victims of childhood trauma pose a higher risk of being placed in detention, researchers point to a phenomenon commonly referred to as the sexual abuse-to-prison pipeline. Girls go behind bars for status offenses like skipping school, drinking alcohol and violating curfew.

The Spokesman
10/01/2020
'The only way we can win this fight is together': Morgan State holds vigil after Breonna Taylor...

Yasmeen Yancy, a junior social work major, lost her grandmother to the coronavirus around the same time 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was killed by four Kentucky police officers in March. But when she learned that none of the officers responsible for Taylor's death were charged with murder or manslaughter, she thought about her grandmother who would've wanted her to fight for change.

Kids Imprisoned
08/13/2020
Use of solitary often arbitrary and 'all too common' | Kids Imprisoned

Isolation. Timeout. Lockdown. The hole. Solitary confinement goes by many names, and it can be employed as arbitrarily as the language used to define it. "There is no single standard for anything in the United States when it comes to crime and punishment, which is usually to everyone's detriment," said Ian Kysel, a visiting assistant clinical professor of law at Cornell Law School .

The Spokesman
Maryland races to recruit nursing students in coronavirus fight

Junior nursing major Asia Henderson, like many students in her program, is prepared to fight on the frontlines of the pandemic. Three weeks ago, she applied for a volunteer position to assist in COVID-19 relief. When Henderson first learned of the virus, despite being immunocompromised, she submitted an application.