Johnson To Produce ABC Audio Podcasting

• ABC Audio has named Eric Johnson as Director and Executive Producer of Podcast Programming, with a start date of mid-March. Johnson is a 13-year veteran of ABC News and most recently served as Sr. Broadcast Producer at Good Morning America.

Johnson’s new position was revealed in a staff memo from ABC Audio VP/GM Stacia Philips Deshishku, which read, in part, “Eric is an award-winning producer with a knack for storytelling who’s touched nearly every part of ABC News over his 13-year career here. His strong relationships throughout the news division, coupled with his impressive experience in long form and news programming, will make him a great asset to our flourishing podcast division. In his new role Eric will build on the success of our existing podcasts and help design a fresh powerhouse podcast network. He will strategically gather and organize podcast ideas and harness the talent, resources and storytelling ability available across ABC News and Walt Disney Television.”

Philips Deshishku’s memo continued, “Each day I see how hard our incredibly talented podcast teams work as they build our growing podcast roster. Over the years we’ve had great success creating award-winning, smart programming, including The Dropout, Start Here, Ten Percent Happier, Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein, Have You Seen This Man? and much more. Eric will help us continue to expand and evolve as we forge into the future. I can’t wait to see what’s next.”