Full Name
Brittney Johnson
Job Title
Co-Anchor
Company
NBC 5 News DFW
Speaker Bio
Brittney Johnson is an award-winning journalist who joined NBC DFW in September 2021 as co-anchor of NBC 5 News at 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Before moving to DFW, Brittney spent six years in Charlotte, North Carolina where she anchored the market’s top-rated morning newscasts and delivered in-depth and investigative stories on the affordable housing crisis, mental health, and the foster care system.
Brittney’s work has garnered several Emmy nominations and awards from the Associated Press. She was also named 2019 Anchor of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) and Anchor Team of the Year for 2019 and 2020 by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).
Brittney’s news career has also taken her to Little Rock, Arkansas, and Monroe, Louisiana. She’s a graduate of Howard University and earned her master's degree at the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Brittney is a fitness enthusiast, volunteer for Meals on Wheels, regular platelet donor, proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and the National Association of Black Journalists.
Before moving to DFW, Brittney spent six years in Charlotte, North Carolina where she anchored the market’s top-rated morning newscasts and delivered in-depth and investigative stories on the affordable housing crisis, mental health, and the foster care system.
Brittney’s work has garnered several Emmy nominations and awards from the Associated Press. She was also named 2019 Anchor of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters (NCAB) and Anchor Team of the Year for 2019 and 2020 by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).
Brittney’s news career has also taken her to Little Rock, Arkansas, and Monroe, Louisiana. She’s a graduate of Howard University and earned her master's degree at the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
Brittney is a fitness enthusiast, volunteer for Meals on Wheels, regular platelet donor, proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and the National Association of Black Journalists.
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