Mary Johnson is a reporter/producer covering Murray Hill and Gramercy for DNAInfo.
Born and raised in Jacksonville, Fla., Mary graduated with honors from the University of Florida (Go Gators!). She has worked for city magazines in Fort Lauderdale and El Paso, Texas, and has written feature stories about drug treatment facilities, health care for women in Juarez, Mexico, and pre-deployment military training.
Mary has also worked as a reporter for the Hartford Business Journal and won awards from the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Press Association for her work covering crisis communications strategies and the music industry. Mary also appeared in a business news segment three times a week on the NBC affiliate in Hartford.
After graduating with honors from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Mary worked in multimedia production at The Economist before deciding to hit the streets as a beat reporter for DNAInfo.
Mary and her husband live on the Upper East Side with their dog, an 80-pound rescue named Urban.
Fun fact: Mary wrote her master’s thesis about a Guns N' Roses tribute band. The lyrics to every song off the band’s first album are forever seared into her brain.
Eric Strauss, now in his third year as principal of the High School of Art and Design, wants his school to maintain its strength in the field of art education, while becoming more academically rigorous.
Two recent MBA graduates from Baruch College have opened Cubby, a business that temporarily stores purses, shopping bags and luggage to free up customers' hands.
About a dozen advocates in wheelchairs staged a "roll-in" on Thursday to protest the city's new "Taxi of Tomorrow" design, which does not accommodate those with disabilities.
Preliminary findings from the necropsy performed on Charlie, the carriage horse who dropped dead in the street on Oct. 23, found the animal had an ulcerated stomach and fractured tooth prior to his death.
