About Todd Johnson

Todd Johnson is the Chief Content Officer at theGrio.com. Todd first joined the site as a reporter and video journalist shortly after its launch in June, 2009. He’s covered a variety of important news events, including trips to Haiti reporting on the devastating earthquake, as well as several reports on the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and Ferguson protests. He's previously served as theGrio's Managing Editor, as well as the Editorial Director for NBCBLK, a division of NBC News Digital. He is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he received both his bachelors and masters degree.

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October 3, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - This week, Sacramento Kings center Demarcus Cousins announced he plans to donate $1 million to needy families…
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October 2, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - OJ Mayo once talked trash to Michael Jordan at Jordan's basketball camp. The result was what you…
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October 1, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - NBA rivalries are being hashed out on Twitter and Instagram these days. Kevin Durant said James Harden…
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September 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Monday, the Toronto Raptors named Drake its new 'global ambassador'...
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September 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Google the words 'substitute teacher' and you'll learn quickly why the sketch comedy show 'Key and Peele'…
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September 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It was only a matter of time before Gabby Douglas' incredible story was made into a movie.…
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September 13, 2013
SLIDESHOW - Is it Chris Paul or Cliff Paul? State Farm Insurance's commercial involving Chris Paul's twin 'Cliff Paul' was…
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September 5, 2013
OPINION - This season, nine African-Americans will start at quarterback -- reportedly more than at any other time in NFL…
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August 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom turns 50 today. A new PBS documentary reveals…
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August 28, 2013
VIDEO - On April 2, 1970, two days before the second anniversary of their father's death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s…
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August 27, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Carol Carter-Walker and Judith Claire didn't know each other in 1963 when both attended the March on…
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August 25, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - TheGrio.com asked several young African-American men to reflect on the day's events and share how the anniversary…
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August 22, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Don't tell 18-year-old Kasiem Walters the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington is too-far removed for…
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August 16, 2013
VIDEO - Darren Young, whose real name is Fred Rosser, told Lauer it just felt like the "right place and…
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August 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Darren Young, a profesisonal wrestler in the WWE, revealed that he was gay during an interview at…
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August 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Another analyst is out at ESPN and this time it's Hugh Douglas. Tuesday, the 'Numbers Never Lie'…
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August 8, 2013
OPINION - This isn't to say Cooper was supposed to go on some national anti-N word campaign around the NFL…
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August 7, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - NBA superstar Dwyane Wade and his two sons Zaire and Zion are featured on the cover of…
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July 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The name Greg Oden has become synonymous with "bust" and sports phrases like "a career marred by…
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July 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Donovan McNabb officially retired as a Philadelphia Eagle Monday, ending a storied career as one of the…