Pulitzer Prize Winner, Bright Smith Advisors
Ian Johnson
Pulitzer Prize Winner | Bright Smith Advisors
About Ian
Ian Johnson is a Canadian-born American journalist recognized for his extensive reporting on China and Germany. He writes regularly for publications including The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Johnson’s work has earned numerous accolades, notably the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his coverage in The Wall Street Journal of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. His reporting from China has also been honored by the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists in the same year. In 2017, he received the Shorenstein Prize from Stanford University for his body of work covering Asia. Additionally, he was awarded the American Academy of Religion's prize for best in-depth news writing in 2019. Johnson's career included time in China, but in 2020, his journalistic visa was canceled amid escalating tensions between the United States and China over trade and the COVID-19 pandemic, leading him to leave China. He currently resides in New York and serves as a Stephen A. Schwarzman senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Johnson is also known by his Chinese name Zhang Yan.
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Latest interviews
Every podcast episode Ian Johnson has appeared on, newest first.
Peking Hotel with Liu He
The Souls of China — with Ian Johnson
Oct 19, 2025
ChinaTalk
Dissent from Moscow to Beijing
Aug 4, 2025
Where Passion Meets Purpose
The Power of Alignment: Business, Family & Faith with Top Tyr Founders Ian & Jenna Johnson
Jul 18, 2025
Peking Hotel with Liu He
China’s Spiritual Revival and the Rise (and Fall) of Falun Gong — with Ian Johnson
Feb 20, 2025
Peking Hotel with Liu He
Finding relics among the ruins of the Cultural Revolution — with Ian Johnson
Nov 22, 2024
Abundant Journey Podcast
Jason Bright & Ian Johnson on Faith & Stewardship as Financial Advisors | Ep. 83
Oct 14, 2024
The Invention Of...
China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
May 24, 2024
ChinaPower
China’s Underground Historians: A Conversation with Ian Johnson
Sep 26, 2023
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