Kim Johnson WCCO Age, Wedding, Wiki, Husband, Married, Baby ·

06 Aug 2024, 00:00

Personal Details Summary
Name	Kim Johnson
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	No confirmed information is available on the year she was born.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Fiance / Partner	Currently not married, possibly single. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	None
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	American
Where does Kim Johnson from WCCO work now?	Her current position is as a Freelance Network Reporter for Law & Crime. Previously, she worked at WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Kim Johnson is a news anchor, presenter and journalist who works for WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Talented, passionate and charitable, Kim uses her success as a platform to give back to less privileged members of the community.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Johnson was born and raised in Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Kim’s mother Peggy lives in Maple Grove, but Kim reported that she sold their childhood house in favor of another piece of property in Maple Grove.
Her mom played a huge role in her developing a love for news after making her watch the news regularly since she was a young girl.
Johnson tied the knot with a man named Dan in July 2017. Friends, family and fellow news anchors, Jason DeRusha, Ali Lucia and Matt Brickman, attended their wedding. As of 2019, she is no longer married.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Kim attended Maple Grove High School. She immersed herself in journalism and became the school newspaper’s Editor in Chief.
After graduating from high school, Johnson attended the University of Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in both Women’s Studies and Journalism. She also has as a Political Science Minor.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

Kim began her career in 2006 in Duluth, Minnesota, working as a reporter, covering government affairs and the city hall.
In 2009, she moved from Minnesota to Green Bay, Wisconsin, to become a weekend anchor before relocating to Illinois/Iowa in the Quad Cites to work as an anchor and eventually to Salt Lake City, Utah, to work as a weekend anchor for a local news station.

Stint at WCCO :

In May of 2014, Kim joined WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the anchor for the station’s Saturday morning show. She also worked as a traffic reporter and after one year at the station, she eventually became the noon and morning news anchor.
Currently, still anchoring for WCCO-TV, Johnson has covered stories such as the 2016 Presidential Campaign to other major political events.

Awards and Accolades :

Kim has been awarded the Regional Edward R. Murrow Award multiple times for her coverage of survivors of Breast Cancer and their stories and has won a total of 3 Emmys for her coverage of hard-hitting bulletins that include the illegal sale of drugs banned by the FDA.
She has also taken part in the’ William Randolph Hearst Competition’ for National Television Broadcast News.

Trivia, Height and Fun Facts :

When she is not working, Johnson enjoys staying as active as possible and loves spending time outdoors. She especially enjoys skiing, hiking and running.
She loves cats and has one named Sophie who has been a part of her life since her days in Duluth, Minnesota, when she was first starting out in the news industry.
Kim is passionate about giving back to her local community and enjoys working with the American Cancer Society and the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance to help individuals battling with the diseases. Johnson also tries her best to work with other charities but those are the 2 closest to her heart for now.

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Kim Johnson WCCO Age, Wedding, Wiki, Husband, Married, Baby