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Bruce Johnson has been a reporter and anchor for WUSA 9, the CBS affiliate in Washington, DC, for more than 30 years with an emphasis on politics and urban affairs. When not anchoring the weekend evening news, Bruce can be seen weekdays covering breaking news and uncovering political scoops in the nation's capital. 

His work has earned him 19 Emmy Awards and a place in the Society of Professional Journalist's Hall of Fame.

In addition, Bruce has been honored by the DC City Council, the City's Mayors and hundreds of Community and Civic Groups for his volunteer work in the District of Columbia and Suburbs.

Special assignments have taken Bruce to many foreign capitals, including Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Budapest, Tokyo, Dakar, Bangkok, and most recently, earthquake ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

In 1992, while on assignment for WUSA 9, in a tough DC neighborhood, Bruce suffered a sudden and massive heart attack. He was rushed to a nearby emergency room, stabilized, and then flown to the Washington Hospital Center where emergency angioplasty successfully unclogged an artery. 

Johnson became convinced that he should use his near death experience and celebrity to examine the toll heart attacks and serious cardiovascular events were taking on people, their family and friends, and just as importantly, what people might do to avoid such fates and become more heart healthy. His efforts and those of his producers resulted in the three-part TV series that won national recognition from the American Heart Association.

More recently, Bruce wrote Heart to Heart, the book, brucejohnsonhearttoheart.com  in which he reveals the stories of a diverse group of men and women, young and not so young who survived similar attacks.

"The power is in one survivor sharing his or her story with another survivor. We're trying to save lives with this book. There is no downside to people adopting heart healthy lifestyles, changing their diets and starting an exercise program with a doctor's supervision", says Johnson.

Bruce is married with three adult children, three grandsons, and Simba, the family Boxer.

When he's not working he can be found, reading, biking on his Cannondale Super Six, or traveling to the Lewes-Rehoboth beach, Delaware area along the Atlantic Coast.