Mal Johnson's bio

Mal Johnson sent this resume to her friend Lyn Voss in 2006, to be used by Federally Employed Women:

MAL JOHNSON
7237 Worsley Way
Alexandria VA 22315

C A R E E R H I S T O R Y

Mal Johnson was employed by Cox Enterprises, Broadcast Division for 27 years in the Cox Washington News Bureau. After leaving the company in 2000, she created her own media consulting firm, Medialinx International, where she offers a variety of specialized media services, public service productions and training. Johnson continues to pursue her considerably active participation worldwide in the media and in the women’s movement.

Mal Johnson was the first female reporter employed in the Cox Washington News Bureau and their first correspondent assigned to the White House.. She covered five U.S. presidents, reporting extensively from numerous countries of the world. She was among the White House Press Corp when President Nixon made his historical visits to Russia and China, and his equally historic resignation from the Presidency. During her years as a reporter, she also covered Capitol Hill, the State Department and various Federal agencies. Before joining the Washington Bureau she worked at WKBS-TV, Philadelphia.

In 1980, Johnson was promoted to Senior Washington Correspondent and assigned additional duties as National Director of Community Affairs. In this management position, she established linkages with communities nationwide and produced programs reflecting community issues. Before turning to a broadcasting career, Johnson taught school, first in Philadelphia where she was born, grew up, was educated, and later taught in Europe and on Guam in the Marianas Islands of the Pacific.

Broadcasting, Civil Rights and the Feminist Movements have been the important elements of Mal Johnson’s professional career and activist work. Her service on several boards reflects her interests. She is past Vice President and current Main Representative at the United Nations of the International Association of Women In Radio and Television, an organization headquartered in India,. Johnson serves on the board of the Communications Consortium Media Center; the former Vice President of the board of the U.S. Committee for UNIFEM, Secretary of the board of the Hospital for Sick Children. Currently she is the Secretary of the board of the Gold Star Military Widows of America, and Co-chair of the National Women’s Conference. She serves on the Steering Committee of the National Council of Women’s Organizations. Johnson is a Founder of the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Broadcast Association for Community Affairs. She is a former National Chair of the American Women In Radio and Television Foundation and President of the Washington Chapter of AWRT..

Johnson participated in the U N World Conferences on Women in Mexico City, Houston, Copenhagen, Nairobi , Beijing and at the United Nations. She created Global Focus: Women In Art and Culture, a project of 880 art works that were exhibited, in Beijing, by women artists depicting issues concerning women. Johnson is a seasoned speaker and recipient of many media and civil rights activist awards. She was inducted in the Journalists Hall of Fame in 2000. A television Documentary of her life’s story is included in the Archives of the HistoryMakers of America. She is the author of numerous papers on media, co-author of “Moving History Forward: A Woman’s National Action Agenda and Co-editor of 50 Ways to Improve the Lives of Women.

Among her many awards, Johnson has been honored with the Foremothers of America Award, Trailblazer Award and the Woman of Strength Award.

Mal Johnson is the widow of an Air Force officer and shares her home with her Persian cat, Lady MacBeth..