Assia M. Johnson
Associate ProducerExpertise: Arts and culture, film, storytelling, diversity and inclusion, entrepreneurship, project management
Education: University of Cincinnati
Contact: assia.johnson@wvxu.org
Favorite Cincinnati neighborhood: Pleasant Ridge
Highlights
- Associate producer of Cincinnati Edition, WVXU
- Podcast producer, including Together Digital's weekly Power Lounge podcast
- Hosts a weekly pop culture podcast, covering film amd television
Education
Assia studied voice and public relations at the University of Cincinnati before beginning her career in arts administration, marketing and advertising in the Tri-state region.
Experience
Assia M. Johnson joined the Cincinnati Edition team in January 2023. Prior to that, Assia's passion for branding and storytelling provided many opportunities for her to promote regional and national brands in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, including the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, NAACP, Tempur Sealy, Kroger and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center.
In 2019, her love of storytelling and podcasting lead to the co-creation and launch of The Reel Culture Queens — a movie review podcast and online publication. Since then, RCQ has evolved into a platform for womxn in media to discuss how race, gender, ability and sexuality is depicted in the media we consume with a weekly show covering pop culture and film.
About WVXU
The central pillar of Cincinnati Public Radio’s local network — accounting for the lion’s share of its 211,000 listeners each week — 91.7 WVXU is among the most reliable media institutions in the Tri-State region. Our mission is to always be a trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture, empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.
Why trust us
Our team of reporters and editors have decades of experience writing and reporting the news. Our first responsibility is to our listeners and readers. There is no connection between our funding and editorial decisions. When we do cover a funding partner, a disclosure will be mentioned on-air and online. We take pride in our work, editing and fact-checking every story. If an article warrants a correction, we will immediately correct it and explain the correction for complete transparency.