Sue Jaye Johnson
Sue Jaye Johnson is an award-winning independent journalist and producer.
In 2011, she spearheaded an collaboration between The New York Times, NPR and WNYC to tell the story of the first women to ever box in the Olympic games. She is now working on a film about Claressa Shields, the gold medalist from Flint, MI. Johnson has won numerous awards for her interactive documentaries including a Peabody Award, and the Columbia-DuPont Award, and a Creative Capital artist grant. She teaches visual storytelling at Harvard University.
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On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election, Radio Diaries produced this five-part series featuring newly discovered archival tape of Nelson Mandela, his supporters, and detractors.
Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition.