Zaria Johnson
Reporter/ProducerZaria Johnson is a reporter/producer at Ideastream Public Media covering the environment.
She is a Cleveland native and 2022 graduate of Kent State University. Previously, she interned with The Columbus Dispatch, The Land and Akron Life Magazine. Prior to graduation she worked as editor-in-chief of Kent State's student publications The Kent Stater/KentWired and UHURU Magazine.
She is passionate about community engagement and community-based reporting, especially on topics relating to the environment and marginalized communities.
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Birds that are colorful, iridescent or have fancy plumage are researched as much as three times as often as less visually appealing birds, according to a new study from the University of Toledo. -
The City of Cleveland and Cleveland Public Market Corporation kicked off phase one of its $68 million renovation. -
Scent-tracking dogs Bronco, Juno, Argent and Rio, alongside their owners, spent the last four months searching for and removing spotted lanternfly egg masses before they hatch in May. -
Nature as a spiritual salve for grief? Cleveland Botanical Garden looks at healing power of outdoorsA new exhibit at the Cleveland Botanical Garden uses art to explore the healing power of nature and pathways it can provide to overcome grief and trauma. -
Ideastream Public Media's environmental reporter Zaria Johnson explores how her role helped her find a love and appreciation for the outdoors. -
The city's third Climate Action Plan emphasizes strategy to address the city's biggest climate hazards. -
Conservancy for CVNP CEO Deb Yandala reflects on her leadership, legacy as she prepares to step downYandala will spend her final weeks as CEO preparing Cuyahoga Valley National Park for a leader who can carry the park and the conservancy into a prosperous future. -
The Cleveland Botanical Garden hosted U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon and four local poets Saturday for readings on and discussion of the relationship between art and nature. -
Crews will remove more than 27 thousand tons of contaminated waste and demolish remaining structures on the property over the next six months to ensure job-readiness on Cleveland's East Side. -
Jeffrey McNaught, owner of Edgewater Surf, hopes to reduce the amount of expanded polystyrene foam that ends up in landfills each year by converting it into a reusable construction material ... and surfboards.
