Lauren M. Johnson - Cross Platform Associate Producer
Lauren M. Johnson
Cross Platform Associate Producer
Lauren M. Johnson works as a Cross Platform Associate Producer for CNN. She has over 8 years of digital media experience, and over 10 years of news experience. She graduated from Western Carolina University in 2011.
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Boston Bruins retire number 22 in honor of Willie O’Ree, the first Black NHL player
Jan 19, 2022
The Boston Bruins on Tuesday retired the jersey of the first Black player in the NHL, Willie O’Ree.
Residents save driver after car sinks in frozen river
Jan 18, 2022
Residents near Ottawa used a kayak to save a woman whose car plunged into icy water after she drove on a frozen river, police said in a statement.
Mammoth tusk recovered from an unlikely place: the bottom of the ocean
Nov 24, 2021
Mammoths are long to be known as ancient land dwellers, so scientists were shocked to find remains from the animal at the bottom of the ocean.
A cyclist survived an attack from a 500-pound bear by kicking the animal after it charged toward him
Oct 25, 2021
A cyclist lived to tell his tale after a bear attacked him while riding alone in Cantwell, Alaska.
The tradition traces back to the 1700s. These women are fighting to keep it alive through online retail.
Oct 4, 2021
Many African cultures in the United States have been fighting to keep their traditions and unique way of life alive, and now, an online retail outlet is helping the Gullah community in Charleston, South Carolina, use tech to reach a wider audience.
Covid-19 restrictions kept her family from attending her wedding, so she got married on the Canadian border
Sep 29, 2021
When Covid-19 restrictions made it difficult for a Canadian bride to have her family at her US wedding, she did the next best thing – she brought her wedding to the border.
Vandalism delays the opening of the Hmong Cultural Center Museum in Minnesota
Sep 14, 2021
The Hmong Cultural Center in Minneapolis is having to push back the opening of its expanded museum after vandals defaced the front of the building.
Lake Tahoe ski resorts are using snow blowers to help fight flames from the Caldor Fire
Sep 2, 2021
Lake Tahoe ski resorts near the Caldor Fire in Northern California are helping firefighter crews hold off the flames.
A Delta pilot’s pre-pandemic message is found tucked away on a plane coming out of storage
Jun 14, 2021
A note tucked away on a Delta plane in storage for more than a year is providing a look at the days right before the world shut down because of Covid-19.
Teen mistakenly falls asleep in an Airbnb – that was being rented by sheriff’s deputies
Jun 2, 2021
Three Montana sheriff’s deputies woke up to an unexpected guest at their Milwaukee vacation house – an uninvited teenager who had wound up in the wrong house, one of the deputies told CNN.
A man traveled cross-country to mine the diamonds for his girlfriend’s engagement ring – he dug up a 2.2 carat beauty
May 31, 2021
A Washington man dreamed his whole life of finding a raw diamond to create a one-of-a-kind engagement ring for his future spouse, but he didn’t know that it would actually become a reality.
A woman gave birth prematurely on a flight to Hawaii. Luckily, 3 NICU nurses and a doctor were on board to help
May 4, 2021
There were a lot of surprises on a Delta flight to Hawaii last week, starting with the birth of a baby to a woman who didn’t know she was pregnant.
‘Serial stowaway’ Marilyn Hartman arrested again at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport
Mar 18, 2021
‘Serial stowaway’ Marilyn Hartman is being held without bond following her arrest at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday after she left the residential facility where she was being electronically monitored.
