Jane Clayson Johnson

Jane Clayson Johnson is an award-winning journalist widely known for her work at CBS News, ABC News, and on two nationally syndicated NPR programs. 

During her extensive career, Jane has traveled the country and the world covering the biggest news of the day. As a correspondent at ABC News, she reported on the NATO airstrikes in Kosovo, the refugee crisis in Macedonia, the fall of the Suharto government in Indonesia, and multiple U.S. presidential campaigns. At CBS News, Jane co-hosted The Early Show with Bryant Gumbel and was on the air on 9/11, subsequently covering the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. In addition to interviewing world leaders, authors, thinkers, and scientists, Jane has had a front row seat to American culture, interviewing stars from Hollywood and Broadway. Jane famously questioned a reluctant Martha Stewart, while she was chopping cabbage, just before Martha went to prison.  

Jane has won numerous journalism awards, including an Emmy and the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award. She started her career as a reporter and anchor at KSL Television in Salt Lake City. She went to BYU on a violin performance scholarship, ultimately graduating with a degree in journalism. 

Jane is the author of two bestselling books. Her first book, "I Am a Mother," chronicles her decision to leave network news to have a family. Jane’s second book "Silent Souls Weeping" shines a light on the desperate and lonely reality faced by those who suffer with depression. 

Jane has served on many boards, including the Deseret Management Corporation, which oversees the media entities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She and her husband, Mark Johnson, served on the presidents advancement council at BYU-Idaho and currently serve at BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Jane and Mark live with their family outside Boston.