Michelle Tyrene Johnson
Associate ProducerMichelle Tyrene Johnson comes from KCUR 89.3, Kansas City, Missouri’s NPR member station. A native of Kansas City, Kansas, Michelle has been a newspaper reporter, an employment attorney, a diversity and inclusion speaker, a columnist and is an award-winning playwright. She is an author of three books about diversity and one book about her grandmother. As a 2019 Pulitzer Center grantee, Michelle traveled to Dakar, Senegal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Memphis, Tennessee to cover how cities around the world have honored the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Michelle received her degree in journalism from the University of Kansas, her law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and is pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at Spalding University.
Email Michelle at mjohnson@lpm.org.
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Discussing the link between a robust workforce and access to affordable child care for employees. -
The power, privilege, and racial dynamics of deciding how to label a protest.
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Our state politics team analyzes what this year's political picnic could bring.
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Politician and author Charles Booker discusses his book “From the Hood to the Holler" with Professor Eddie Glaude Jr.
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Unwrapping how “Karen” has become shorthand for nosy, overstepping and racist white women.
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School starts in just a few weeks, so we'll talk about JCPS, educational trends, and how to support students.
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Like sticks and stones, words can do more than hurt. This episode of Race Unwrapped discusses how ant i-Asian rhetoric can lead to violence.
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We talk to grief counselors and other experts about the unique aspects of grieving amid the pandemic and beyond.
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Would you go out of your way to praise a plumber for knowing how to use a wrench?
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We talk to journalists who have been covering the tornado destruction and the recovery efforts in their communities.
