What Is Joshua Johnson Doing Now? Family, Husband, Net Worth

What Is Joshua Johnson Doing Now? Family, Husband, Net Worth
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Joshua Johnson is an American journalist, host, anchor, and reporter. Joshua is currently working at NBC and is excellent at his work. Over the years, he has worked in different fields and has plenty of experience in the journalism field.

He has been ruling American news channels for many years now with his hard work and dedication. Johnson, who is currently at the age of 42, balancing both his personal and professional life.

Early Life Wiki

Joshua Johnson was born on March 22, 1980, in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States Of America. Though not much information is out about his family, he was the single child of his parents so he doesn't have any siblings.

Talking about his parent's profession, his father was a Vietnam veteran and his mother was a public school teacher. He grew up with his family in Florida.

He completed his schooling and high school in Florida. After graduating from high school he went to study Journalism at the University of Miami. He has a Bachelor's degree in Journalism.

What Is Joshua Johnson Doing Now?

He first worked at WPEC-TV where he served as Planning Assignment Editor from January 2003 to March 2004. After which, in the same month, he joined WLRN Miami Herald News as an anchor and reporter.

He worked there until April 2010 for 6 years time period. From July 2010 to April 2016, he worked in KQED where he was the creator and host of " Truth Be Told" and also as a morning newscaster.

He also worked as a lecturer at UC Berkeley from August 2015 till December 2016. He then moved on to be the host at NPR of the show "1A" in November 2016.

In the year 2020, he publicized the news of him leaving "1A" on 20th  December and started working at MSNBC as an anchor. At this point what he is doing now is still hosting "Now Tonight with Joshua Johnson" on NBC News now.

Who Is Joshua Johnson's Husband?

Joshua Johnson is openly gay and has been in a long-term relationship with his partner, Joe Gallagher.

During an interview with Washinton Balde in 2017, Joshua opened up about his relationship with his boyfriend. He was asked about how serious their relationship is and whether they have any plans of moving together or not.

He replied,

"He owns a barbershop in San Francisco so there are some moving parts we’d have to figure out. For now, we’re doing the bicoastal thing. We’ll make it work."

The couple is not married and doesn't have any children together; however, they have been dating since 2015. 

Joshua and Joe are living a happy life together and are open about their feelings for each other.

Joshua Johnson's Net worth 

Joshua Johnson's career graph looks pretty amazing and he earns an annual salary ranging from $40,000- $110,500. His net worth in 2013 is estimated to be in the range of $3 million- $5 million which he has earned from his career as a journalist. He is living a luxurious life with his partner and family.

More About Joshua Johnson

He belongs to the Black ethnicity and he is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. A march born child, Joshua's zodiac is Aries.

He is 6 feet and 4 inches tall (1.93 m). He loves reading books in his free time and is often seen volunteering at different events. He is less active on social media like Instagram and Twitter. He is active on Instagram with the username @nbcnowtonight where he has around 1.2k followers as of writing.