Johnny Harris (journalist)

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Johnny Harris
Personal information
Born (1988-05-28) May 28, 1988 (age 36)
Education
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • journalist
  • YouTuber
SpouseIsabel Harris
Children2
Website www.johnnyharris.ch OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genres
  • International affairs
  • history
  • geography
Subscribers5.92 million [1]
Total views782 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2019
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: October 19, 2024

Johnny Harris (born May 28, 1988) [‡ 1] [‡ 2] is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and independent journalist, currently based in Washington, D.C. [2] Harris produced and hosted the Borders series for American news and opinion website Vox. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He also created three videos for The New York Times . [9] [10] [11] Harris launched the company Bright Trip in 2019, which has video-based travel courses. [12]

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Early life and education

Harris was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a small town in Oregon. [‡ 3] He graduated from Ashland High School, in Ashland, Oregon. [‡ 4] He served a two-year mission in Tijuana, Mexico and identified as a devout Mormon but has since left the church after the birth of his first son. [‡ 5] Harris' great-great-great-grandparents, Robert Harris and Hannah Eagles, originally came from Wales, where they were converted by a Mormon missionary. [13] The couple and their children were sponsored by Mormons in Salt Lake City to "build Zion" and settled north of Salt Lake City. [13]

Harris holds a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and affairs at Brigham Young University (2013) and a Master of Arts in international peace and conflict resolution at American University (2016). [‡ 6] [2]

Career

Borders

From 2017 to 2019, Harris produced and hosted Borders, a documentary short film series on Vox that profiled sociopolitical issues in various border regions worldwide. [14] It was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. [15] The series was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, George Floyd riots, and budgeting considerations. [‡ 7] [16]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedLocation(s)
First airedLast airedProducer
16May 22, 2017October 14, 2017 Vox Media Inc. Various
25July 11, 2018August 15, 2018 Hong Kong
35November 22, 2018December 18, 2018 Colombia
45June 26, 2019July 24, 2019 India
5Release cancelled United States

YouTube

Harris's YouTube channel was set up in June 2011. Since the cancellation of Borders, Harris has continued to produce videos on international affairs, history, and geography with creative visual graphics, which he has published on his own channel. [‡ 8]

He has partnered with The New York Times [‡ 9] [9] as well as the World Economic Forum in producing videos. [17]

As of November 29,2024, Harris has 6.07 million YouTube subscribers. [‡ 10] Some of his notable videos tackle topics such as wars, foreign relations, the metric system, Western Asia, North Korea, and the Pacific islands, and the history of colonization in the United States.

Newpress

Newpress is a collective of freelance journalists founded by Johnny Harris. [18]

"An association of independent journalists who are credible, serious and courageous, focusing on the context, history and background of the events that shape our world." [18]

It aims to fill a gap in the media landscape. Three journalists are currently part of newpress:

Newpress
JournalistKanal
Johnny Harris Johnny Harris
Sam Ellis SearchParty
Christophe Haubursin tunnel_vision

Freelance

On November 9, 2021, Harris was credited as the video producer on an opinion piece published to The New York Times , titled "Blue States, You're the Problem". [10] It later won an Emmy Award. [19]

CSIS.org

In his YouTube piece entitled "How to Start a War With a Flash Drive", [‡ 11] published on Feb 14, 2024, Johnny communicated that he used to work at the think tank called Center for Strategic and International Studies. He indicated that he had spent two years there during a previous interview. [20]

Personal life

Harris is married to Isabel "Izzy" Harris, with whom he has two sons. [‡ 12]

Harris is diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [‡ 13]

His father-in-law is the captain of a ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). [‡ 14]

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References

Citations

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  2. 1 2 "Johnny Harris". Vox . July 24, 2019. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Alumnus Spotlight: Johnny Harris". BYU Political Science Blog. Brigham Young University. March 9, 2016. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  9. 1 2 How America Bungled the Plague | NYT Opinion, September 29, 2020, archived from the original on September 5, 2023, retrieved May 21, 2021
  10. 1 2 Harris, Johnny; Appelbaum, Binyamin (November 9, 2021). "Opinion | Blue States, You're the Problem". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  11. ↑ Harris, Johnny; Cottle, Michelle (September 21, 2022). "Opinion | Inside the Completely Legal G.O.P. Plot to Destroy American Democracy". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bright Trip Inc. Launches Travel Industry's First Video-Based Travel Courses". PRWeb. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  13. 1 2 The INSANE Story of How the Mormons Created Utah YouTube. 22 August 2024
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  16. ↑ "Vox Borders cancelled: Why has the popular documentary series been axed?". Reality Titbit. September 15, 2020. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  17. ↑ "How China Became So Powerful". www.youtube.com. January 28, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  18. 1 2 "The Future of This Channel". www.youtube.com. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
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  20. ↑ "The reason we talk about history is because it affects people today". July 12, 2021. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

Primary sources

In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):

  1. ↑ Why Britain is the Center of the World, November 22, 2019, retrieved June 2, 2022 At the time 10:14 he reveals the date of his birth
  2. ↑ "#69: Johnny Harris – Himalayan Borders, Making Maps, Traveling with Purpose", Finding Founders, archived from the original on July 12, 2024, retrieved April 28, 2021
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  11. ↑ "How to Start a War With a Flash Drive". YouTube . February 14, 2024. 25:52 min. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  12. ↑ Who Are We?!. YouTube . February 4, 2018. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  13. ↑ Harris, Johnny (January 13, 2019), Johnny Harris — Should You Go to College?, 7:10 min, archived from the original on June 24, 2024, retrieved January 23, 2023, [...] I'm diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD.
  14. ↑ Harris, Johnny (January 18, 2023), Johnny Harris — Our Best Military Weapon is… Invisible?, 25:13 min, archived from the original on June 24, 2024, retrieved January 23, 2023, [...] my father-in-law is actually the captain of a submarine, one of the SSBNs.
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