THE ART OF LA JOHNSON

Code SwitchArt Director for NPR’s race and culture podcast.

Life Kit — Art Direction for NPR’s how-to podcast, 2021.

TED Radio Hour Comics — a monthly comics version of an episode from the podcast.

The Picture Show — Photo editor and art director for the NPR Photo/Visual blog.

Director/Producer for this NPR Video, January, 2020.

As the NPR Student Podcast Challenge kicks off its second year, here's a short video guide to making your podcast sound great. A good way to start? Build a pillow fort! Don Gonyea, a veteran NPR correspondent who's filed stories from all over the world, shows us how.

Director/ Producer NPR, February 2020.

So you've got a great idea for your podcast. You've written up the questions, shaped an outline, lined up your interviews. Now comes the big challenge that can make or break your podcast: getting great sound.

Art Direction - props - set design - animations for NPR Ed Video.

Cookie Monster joins NPR's Life Kit Parenting Podcast to talk about practicing self-control, especially when you have to wait for something you really want... like a plate of delicious chocolate chip cookies.

Art Direction/Production for NPR Ed video about a special class visit from Kendrick Lamar, 2015.

At around midday Monday at High Tech High School in North Bergen, N.J., about 40 students are crammed into a small classroom, anxiously waiting for Kendrick Lamar to walk into the room. He glides in with crisp white kicks, a grey long-sleeve shirt, and hair twisting every which way.

DC Art Book Fair at the National Museum for Women in the Arts - Founder and Art Director

DC Art Book Fair at the National Museum for Women in the Arts - Founder and Art Director

Art Direction for Code Switch Live at the Apollo Theater — Poster by Loveis Wise, 2018.

Art Direction for Code Switch Live at the Apollo Theater — Poster by Loveis Wise, 2018.

Art Direction and coloring for the graphic memoir IWTAD published by Clarkson Potter.

Art Direction and coloring for the graphic memoir IWTAD published by Clarkson Potter.

Art Direction for NPR Ed - Gracia Lam - American Illustration winner 2018.

Art Direction for NPR Ed - Gracia Lam - American Illustration winner 2018.

Art Direction for NPR Ed - Cristina Spano - AI + AP winner 2017.

Art Direction for NPR Ed - Cristina Spano - AI + AP winner 2017.