John Johnson recalls his career as a reporter for WABC/7's "Eyewitness News" in this clip issued as part of the newscast's 50th anniversary in 2018. Credit: ABC7NY Stay logged in. The Newsday app ...

Former Eyewitness News reporter John Johnson covered the trial of OJ Simpson every step of the way. He joined Bill Ritter on Extra Time to talk more about the life of a very controversial man.

By 1943, the magazine averaged 50,000 readers monthly. Two years later, Johnson “got the idea a picture magazine would succeed,” and he launched Ebony, the reporter said.