Joe Johns

Joe Johns was named CNN senior Washington correspondent in January 2014, previously he served as the network's senior correspondent covering the Supreme Court and criminal justice. Known nationally for his crime and law enforcement reporting, Johns previously served as senior correspondent covering current and political events across the network's programming. Prior to CNN, Johns covered events on Capitol Hill for more than 10 years with NBC News. ohns first came to Washington, D.C., in 1983 when he joined WRC-TV, an NBC affiliate. ohns is a former chairman of the executive committee of Correspondents of the Congressional Radio and Television Galleries and president of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association. He is also a member of the board of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from Marshall University in Huntington and a law degree from American University.