Johnson's various roles:

• BET correspondent
• Social activist
• Political consultant
• Inspirational speaker
• Moderator
• Entrepreneur

Watch Jeff Johnson in action:

Organizations served:

• People for the American Way (senior advisor for media and youth outreach)
• NAACP (national youth director)
• Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (vice president)

Career highlights

• As producer of his own BET show The Jeff Johnson Chronicles, Johnson addresses issues—from sex to hip hop to obesity—that are relevant to young people in urban America.
• Johnson's first book Black and Brown: The Conversation On Race America Has Never Had is due for release in 2008. It explores, among other themes, Johnson's special interest in creating dialogue between the African-American and Latino community.
• Johnson was recently named by Source Magazine as one of the hip-hop generation’s key political players.
• While on assignment for BET to the Darfur region of Sudan, Johnson became one of only two news correspondents to interview Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir within the past twelve years.
• Johnson was the only American reporter to receive an exclusive interview with the continent of Africa’s first female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia.
• This year, Johnson testified before the Committee on Homeland Security regarding recovery efforts in wake of the devastation caused to the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina.
• Johnson was the first correspondent ever to cover the Democratic and Republican National Conventions for BET's entertainment programming.