Windsor Johnston
Windsor Johnston has been a newscast anchor and reporter for NPR since 2011. As a newscaster, she writes, produces, and delivers hourly national newscasts. She also reports across NPR's News Desk and digital platforms, covering breaking news and filing stories for NPR programs and online.
Her coverage has included presidential elections, the Women's March on Washington, and the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, as well as reporting assignments around the world.
Johnston reported from Kolkata, India, on efforts to help children of sex workers break the cycle of poverty and exploitation. Her reporting earned a Silver Radio Award for Best Human Interest Story from the New York Festivals Radio Awards and an honorable mention at the Gabriel Awards. In 2020, she traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, to report on the Buddhist "Kung Fu Nuns," whose martial arts training and humanitarian work have helped empower women and girls across the Himalayas.
Johnston brings more than two decades of experience as an anchor, host, and reporter. From 1995 to 2011, she worked as news director and morning news anchor at WRTI in Philadelphia. Between 1999 and 2004, she was a Weekend Edition host and reporter at WHYY. She later worked as a news anchor at Metro Networks from 2004 to 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Johnston worked as a freelance reporter in Kenya, covering the political turmoil surrounding the country's presidential election. She also reported from El Salvador in 2010.
From 2004 to 2012, Johnston taught journalism as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Temple University. She currently teaches journalism at American University.
In 2026, Johnston was named the recipient of Temple University's Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award.
Johnston earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Temple University in 1999.
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Artificial intelligence in mental health treatment, including the use of AI to record sessions, transcribe conversations and generate clinical notes, is a new, rapidly changing terrain.
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The lawsuit challenges President Trump's plans for "Independence Arch," a 250-foot structure proposed for Memorial Circle. -
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