ABC11\/WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham President and General Manager Rob Elmore named Lauren Johnson to co-anchor its evening newscast back in July of 2021.<\/p>\n
Johnson will co-anchor the evening Eyewitness News team at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. with Steve Daniels as well as the 10:00 p.m. newscast on CW22. She replaces Tisha Powell who announced she was retiring from broadcasting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a great pleasure to welcome Lauren to ABC11,\u201d said Elmore.\u00a0\u201cOur team had an instant connection with Lauren the minute we met her, and we know our viewers will feel the same as she joins the evening news to inform and serve our growing audience across central North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joining from Fox 29 News in Philadelphia, Johnson launched a weekend edition of \u201cGood Day Philadelphia.\u201d During her tenure, she covered the deadly Amtrak derailment, the pope’s visit to Philadelphia, the Democratic National Convention, the NFL Draft, the Eagles Super Bowl-winning season, both Bill Cosby trials, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the local civil unrest surrounding the murder of George Floyd.<\/p>\n
WTVD\u2019s News Director Bervette Carree added, \u201cI am thrilled to welcome Lauren Johnson to ABC11 Eyewitness News and to the great state of North Carolina. Lauren is a talented, compassionate and seasoned journalist who is a truth-seeker for all people. Her ability to authentically connect with people is a unique and appreciated trait in our industry. I have no doubt Lauren will be an awesome addition to our winning team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnson began her career as a feature reporter at Central Florida News 13 in Orlando, Florida, in 2003. She then joined WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, as a health reporter, winning a Tennessee Hospital Association Award. She was also nominated for several Emmys\u00ae<\/sup> for her reporting of children\u2019s healthcare issues before being tapped to co-anchor the early edition of \u201cGood Morning Memphis.\u201d She briefly returned to Orlando and launched the weekend edition of \u201cGood Day Orlando\u201d for the Fox affiliate; while there, she additionally covered the controversial trial of George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.<\/p>\n Johnson graduated from Furman University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in communication studies. She credits her internship working behind the scenes on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America\u201d with Diane Sawyer as what \u201csealed the deal\u201d for a journalism career.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n About ABC11\/WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham<\/strong><\/p>\n The only local news station with three downtown newsrooms (Raleigh\/Fayetteville\/Durham), ABC11 Eyewitness News provides 47.5 hours of local news every week, serving more than 1 million households in a 23-county area in North Carolina and Virginia. Eyewitness News also provides news, weather and sports information 24 hours a day on ABC11.com, the ABC11 mobile news app and the new connected TV app available on Roku, Fire, Apple, and Android TVs. ABC11 WTVD is one of eight ABC Owned Stations as part of the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution division.\u00a0For more information, go to\u00a0http:\/\/www.abc11.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABC11\/WTVD-TV Raleigh-Durham President and General Manager Rob Elmore named Lauren Johnson to co-anchor its evening newscast back in July of 2021. Johnson will co-anchor the evening Eyewitness News team at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7973,"template":"","update-categories":[575],"class_list":["post-7969","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-alumni-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/7969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/7969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=7969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}