Take it from Janice Johnston, 20/20’s first female and Black EP
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: ABC and Heidi Gutman It’s been nearly a year since Janice Johnston was promoted to executive producer at ABC News’ long-standing two-hour news magazine 20/20. In this role — which only three others have held before her — Johnston is not only the first female, but also the first Black executive producer in the show’s 40-plus-year history.
She spoke to the Cut about writing letters to her role models, finding a way to transition from a law career to the TV business, and learning to trust her gut.At that time, I did see a lot of women. Daytime talk had women. So it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility for me to imagine me being there. I was a child of the ’70s, sitting on a rope rug, looking up at Lisa Thomas-Laury, the co-anchor at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. She seemed to be where all the action was.
The firm would get copies of Variety delivered, and I would read those and take notes. In my head, that’s where I wanted to be. Back then, you couldn’t Google things — you had to take notes. I ripped articles out of magazines about women who were doing things at different organizations, where I thought, Oh, maybe I’ll write her a letter one day! I always knew that was something I wanted to do.Getting that first job. I spent over a year researching, meeting with people.
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