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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The plan from the Browns' owners includes a $1.2 billion contribution from the public, which private funders would match. Private funding would also cover any overruns. -
The law school dean, former state Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General is prepared to lead the university as it restructures. -
The first seat on every bus will be reserved in honor of Rosa Parks and her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement, from Monday through Saturday. -
The revised version of the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives Act includes a provision to mandate two-person crews on all Class I freight and passenger trains and shorter trains. -
Winterhurst Figure Skating Club Coach and former national medalist Tonia Kwiatkowski says the local figure skating community is grieving the loss of their fellow skaters. -
Middleburg Heights resident Sara Steimle and Canton resident Crystal Waters were appointed to the Cuyahoga County and Stark County boards of developmental disabilities respectively. Both women are the first individuals with developmental disabilities to be appointed to these county boards. -
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress unveiled a vision for the square at a meeting Thursday. Programming is soon to come, with additional upgrades planned over the coming years. -
The Cleveland Division of Air Quality proposed changes to its air quality codes to for the first time since 1977. The updates aim to improve the city's air quality and protect public health. -
2024 was the hottest year on record for the planet, one-and-a-half degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial temperatures, bringing the planet closer to the dangerous threshold outlined in the 2015 Paris Agreement. -
EDWINS and EDWINS Too will close on February 18 and open at the new Nighttown location the following week.
