Erica Johnson is a Canadian broadcast journalist who currently hosts the TV series Go Public on CBC Television, and formerly hosted Marketplace on CBC Television. Johnson has won numerous awards, including several Jack Webster Awards, RTNDA Awards, a Gabriel, a Freddie Award and a 2011 Leo Award.
Biography Johnson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. A graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto, Johnson began her journalism career in radio in 1987, working at several private radio stations, including Vancouver's CKO and Toronto's CFRB. In 1990, she began working at the CBC as a radio news reporter for the local Toronto affiliate CBL.
Johnson moved from radio to CBC Television in 1993, creating and reporting on The Health Show. She then returned to Vancouver to become a news reporter and anchor for the Vancouver affiliate CBUT. Her specialty areas included health and financial reporting, with a particular interest in social justice issues.
Johnson joined Marketplace as a reporter, and eventually became co-host of the program alongside Wendy Mesley in Toronto."CBC-TV shuffles its news and current affairs personalities". Welland Tribune, September 24, 2002. Johnson currently hosts the investigative consumer news segment "Go Public" and is a regular host of CBC's flagship news program, "The National".
Johnson has won numerous awards, including several Jack Webster Awards, RTNDA Awards, Canadian Association of Journalists awards, a Gabriel, a Freddie Award and a 2011 Leo Award for best host of an information series. She has also been nominated for four Gemini awards as Best Host or Interviewer in a News/Information Program,Carley Fortune, "Gemini Award nominations announced: Flashpoint, chef Lynn Crawford, Top Model host Jay Manuel among nominees". Toronto Life, August 31, 2010. as well as Canadian Screen Awards for Best News or Information Segment at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and Best National News Reporter at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". ET Canada, March 26, 2019.
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 2000-2022 Marketplace Host 62 episodes 2024-present The National Regular Host 100+ episodes
Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Nominated work Result 2008 Gemini Awards Best Lifestyle / Practical Information Segment Marketplace segment "Can't Buy Me Love" 2010 Gemini Awards Leo Awards
Gemini Awards Best Host(s) in an Information or Lifestyle Series Marketplace episode: "Miracle Makers or Money Takers" 2011 Marketplace episode: "Cure or Con?" 2012 Marketplace 2014 2nd Canadian Screen Awards Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series
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Erica Johnson's biography from CBC