Zaria Johnson
Reporter/ProducerZaria Johnson is a reporter/producer at Ideastream Public Media covering the environment.
She is a Cleveland native and 2022 graduate of Kent State University. Previously, she interned with The Columbus Dispatch, The Land and Akron Life Magazine. Prior to graduation she worked as editor-in-chief of Kent State's student publications The Kent Stater/KentWired and UHURU Magazine.
She is passionate about community engagement and community-based reporting, especially on topics relating to the environment and marginalized communities.
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo plants first 'mini forest' with help of eighth-grade environmental stewardsEighth graders from Urban Community School spent Thursday morning planting more than 800 trees to create what will be a dense mini forest at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. -
Ohio Rep. Dontavius Jarrells and environmental advocates are pushing for the passage of new legislation that would require the replacement of all remaining lead drinking water lines in the state within 15 years. -
Recent big storms brought more moisture to much of Northeast Ohio, as extreme drought shows no signs of letting up in Southeast and Central Ohio. -
Akron-based organizations are working to reduce food waste, and greenhouse gas emissions, by diverting food scraps from landfills to compost piles. -
MetroHealth, in partnership with Community Housing Solutions, will help residents with asthma replace gas ranges with electric. The grant also covers any necessary electrical and ventilation upgrades. -
The massive fire which broke out Thursday at SMB Products was finally extinguished Saturday. Some of the responding firefighters have since reported sore throats and breathing issues. -
Cleveland unveiled an addition to its Civil Rights Trail in honor of the 1966 Hough Uprising which claimed the lives of four Black residents but spurred political progress for the city’s Black community. -
Severe storms and a string of tornadoes earlier this month brought down trees and power outages in communities across Northeast Ohio. But as cleanup efforts at the Holden Arboretum enter the final phases, it may be months before the work is fully done. -
The firm, Sasaki, will continue public engagement work started in phase one of the project and work to consolidate ideas from the public and city stakeholders into a final plan over the next year. -
Bike Cleveland hosted a rally in Ohio City Wednesday to celebrate a new barriers added to a Detroit Avenue bike lane, and encourage the city to install more.
