7News’ Chief Meteorologist Veronica Johnson will receive the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) June Bacon-Bercey Award for Broadcast Meteorology.  The prestigious AMS award recognizes Johnson’s significant contributions throughout her 37-year broadcast career.

According to the AMS website, The June Bacon-Bercey Award for Broadcast Meteorology recognizes a broadcast meteorologist for sustained long-term contributions to the community, or outstanding work during a specific weather event.

Johnson joined 7News in June 2016. She served as the Morning Lead Meteorologist and was promoted to Chief Meteorologist of the station making her the first woman and Black woman to hold this position in the station’s 75-year history.

Before joining Arlington, VA-based 7News, she was with NBC4 (WRC-TV in D.C.). Johnson also worked at WMAR-TV and WBFF-TV in Baltimore, WABC-TV in New York, and The Weather Channel. She was also the first meteorologist hired by Sinclair Broadcast Group when the company started its first newscast in 1991 at WBFF-TV in Baltimore.

She served as Chair of the American Meteorological Association’s Board of Enterprise Communication where she facilitated science information between researchers, academia, government, and public sector groups. She served on many AMS organizations, including The Advisory Board, Eyes on the Environment and Station Scientist. Additionally, she was also the emcee for Senator Barack Obama’s Special Task Force on Climate Change in 2007 and worked on Washington, D.C.’s Joint Center Advisory Committee on Climate Change 2008-2013.

Johnson holds a degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She also holds the American Meteorological Society’s prestigious television seal of excellence and rare Fellow award.

Johnson will officially receive the award at the AMS conference in January 2025 in New Orleans.

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