Toni Johnson

Toni Johnson is a staff writer at CFR.org, the web site of the Council on Foreign Relations, where she writes news analysis and backgrounders on religion, energy, environment, and global health. She received her undergraduate degree from Simon's Rock College of Bard in arts and aesthetics and her Masters in international journalism from American University. Most of her journalism career has been devoted to covering U.S. policy. She worked at Washington's Federal Paper for its entire six-month life where she covered the Education Department and small federal agencies. She later spent four years as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly where she covered a range of legislation, including bills for energy, environment, technology, and water and highway infrastructure.