Michelle Tyrene Johnson
Michelle is a reporter covering race and culture for KCUR and also is part of a Diversity Initiative project that produces audio storytelling with reporters in St. Louis, Hartford, Conn. and Portland, Ore.
As a fourth-generation Kansas City, Kansas native and resident, Michelle has been a newspaper reporter, an employment attorney, a diversity and inclusion speaker, a columnist and is a local and national playwright. She is an author of three books about diversity and one book about her grandmother.
Michelle received her degree in journalism from the University of Kansas and her law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, but bleeds red and blue all day, every day.
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How owners and pets are adjusting to more time at home, what calls 311 dispatchers are fielding during the pandemic and journalists' approach to safely reporting the coronavirus.
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How owners and pets are adjusting to more time at home, what calls 311 dispatchers are fielding during the pandemic and journalists' approach to safely reporting the coronavirus.
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How owners and pets are adjusting to more time at home, what calls 311 dispatchers are fielding during the pandemic and journalists' approach to safely reporting the coronavirus.
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How owners and pets are adjusting to more time at home, what calls 311 dispatchers are fielding during the pandemic and journalists' approach to safely reporting the coronavirus.
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The impact of COVID-19 on state parks, how local businesses are increasing their digital presence, and details on a new jazz album inspired by KU basketball greats.
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U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver | Independence Mayor Weir | Individual Rights V. Public Good | What Are YoMissouri's Rep. Cleaver on congressional response to coronavirus, how Independence is weathering the pandemic, what government orders mean for civil liberties, how people are passing the time at home
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Why Kansas City just extended its stay-at-home order, how the especially vulnerable are dealing with COVID-19, advice for using face masks, how to assist less tech-savvy seniors and a new music video gives people at home something fun to do.
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Kansas City parks officials asked for suggestions on how to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after voters decided in November to reverse the...
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Alissia Canady is a black woman from Kansas City’s east side. In the crowded primary race for mayor last year — there were 11 candidates — she was the...
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Emily Brown runs a nonprofit in the Kansas City area. She is a black woman who wears her hair naturally. In 2016, she was invited to speak at a national...