Anchors
Rob Johnson
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Rob Johnson is the co-anchor of CBS 2's 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM weekday newscasts. He also serves as the host of Eye on Chicago, CBS 2's Emmy-Award winning public affairs program that airs every Sunday at 10:30 AM.
He joined CBS 2 in August 2006 from WLS-TV where he worked since 1998 as weekend anchor and reporter.
Johnson has covered numerous major news events in recent years- from Chicago to New Orleans, to Honduras. He anchored CBS 2's breaking news coverage from DeKalb, Illinois in the hours after the shootings at NIU in February. Johnson anchored and reported from New Hampshire and Texas during the Presidential primaries.
In 2007, Johnson traveled to Germany to cover Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn's visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to meet with wounded soldiers during the holiday season. Earlier that year, Johnson reported extensively on the Bears Super Bowl run in Miami, including live reports from South Florida during Super Bowl week.
In 2005, he reported from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The year prior he covered John Kerry's defeat in the 2004 Presidential election from Boston. During his career, Johnson has been at the scene of other breaking stories from Hurricane Andrew to the Centennial Park Bombing during the Atlanta Olympics, to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in Houston. Johnson has also covered Papal visits to Denver and St. Louis, and has reported from the countries of Haiti, Mexico, and Honduras.
Before moving to Chicago, Johnson worked at KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas as an anchor and reporter (1995-98). Prior to that, he worked as an anchor and reporter at stations in Arkansas and Louisiana. Johnson began his broadcasting career as a newsroom intern at CNN in Washington, D.C.
Johnson has won three Emmy Awards, including one for Best News Anchor in 2005. He has also garnered awards from the Chicago Headline Club, Associated Press, Houston Press Club, the Society for Professional Journalists and Illinois National Guard.
Johnson earned his B.A. in Communications from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1990. He serves on the Board of Directors for Voices for Illinois Children, a children's advocacy group. He also dedicates much of his personal time to organizations that support people with disabilities. In his spare time he enjoys golfing, skiing, ice hockey, and wine tasting. Johnson and his wife, Stacy, live with their son in the western suburbs.