Career
A graduate of Ryerson 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 her Canadian Broadcasting Company career as a radio news reporter for the local Toronto affiliate CBL. Johnson moved from radio to Canadian Broadcasting Company 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 media and health reporting, with a particular interest in the pharmaceutical industry. Johnson joined Marketplace as a reporter, and eventually became the Vancouver co-host of the program alongside Wendy Mesley in Toronto.