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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Former Missouri state lawmaker and educator Yvonne S. Wilson died Monday. The 90-year-old Democrat from Kansas City was remembered by many as a...
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Following a trend across the Johnson County suburbs, the Overland Park City Council passed an ordinance Monday night banning discrimination based on...
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Latinos seek help for mental health issues at half the rate of non-Hispanic whites . Yet when they do, as with other people of color in Kansas City ,...
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Segment 1: Fresh cocktails for a new season. As summer winds down, two mixologists join us to share their favorite autumnal cocktails. Brock Schulte ,...
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One in five Americans deals with a mental health issue. However for people of color, being a person of color itself takes a toll on mental health....
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When snow falls, the steep slope at 57th and Brookside, known for decades as Suicide Hill, is a favorite place for metro area kids to go sledding, but...
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Segment 1: Kansas City Classics Among the new and noteworthy restaurants populating Kansas City, let’s not forget those that came first and have stuck...
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Segment 1: Kansas City, Missouri's mayor reflects on his time in office. Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Sly James leaves office July 31. He discusses his...
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Segment 1: The changing culture of language-learning in professional baseball. About 25 percent of Major League Baseball players were from Spanish...
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Segment 1: The nationwide trend of violence against transgender women of color. A man was recently charged with the murder of Brooklyn Lindsey, a black...