Johnny Harris (journalist)

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Johnny Harris
Personal information
Born (1988-05-28) May 28, 1988 (age 35)
Utah, U.S.
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
Subscribers5.03 million [1]
Total views542 million [1]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers2019
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: December 31, 2023

Johnny Harris (born May 28, 1988 [‡ 1] [‡ 2] ) is an American filmmaker, Independent journalist, and YouTuber, currently based in Washington, D.C. [2] Harris produced and hosted the Borders series for American news and left-wing 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]

Contents

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, but has since left the church. [‡ 5]

Harris holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Affairs from Brigham Young University (2013) and a Master of Arts in international peace and conflict resolution from 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. [13] It was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. [14] The series was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, George Floyd riots, and budgeting considerations. [‡ 7] [15]

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. [16]

As of February 29,2024, Harris has 4.92 million YouTube subscribers. [‡ 10] Some of his notable videos tackle topics such as wars, foreign relations, the metric system, and the history of colonization in the United States, Western Asia, North Korea, and the Pacific islands.

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. [17]

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. [18]

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 . Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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  4. ↑ Scott, Caroline (August 30, 2017). "Why Vox has been crowdsourcing for its latest international documentary series". journalism.co.uk . Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ Scott, Caroline (August 23, 2018). "How Vox expanded its network by crowdsourcing for its latest documentary series". journalism.co.uk . Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  6. ↑ Llewellyn, Tom (September 15, 2020). "Vox Borders cancelled: Why has the popular documentary series been axed?". Reality Titbit. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ Schochet, Max (March 11, 2020). "Behind the scenes of the Vox web series "Borders"". Storybench. Northeastern University School of Journalism. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  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, 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 . 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. ↑ "Borders". Vox . December 5, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Vox Earns 3 News and Documentary Emmy Award Nominations". Vox Media . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  15. ↑ "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.
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  18. ↑ "The reason we talk about history is because it affects people today". July 12, 2021. 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 , 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, retrieved April 28, 2021
  3. ↑ Why New York City is so Huge, archived from the original on March 18, 2022, retrieved April 28, 2021
  4. ↑ Am I Happy?: Q&A, archived from the original on March 18, 2022, retrieved June 12, 2021
  5. ↑ Why I Left The Mormon Church. YouTube . June 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ Johnny, Harris. "Johnny Harris". LinkedIn . Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ Harris, Johnny (September 14, 2020). Vox Borders is Canceled – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Johnny Harris – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ I Made a Video with The New York Times, archived from the original on March 18, 2022, retrieved May 21, 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.
  13. ↑ Harris, Johnny (January 13, 2019), Johnny Harris — Should You Go to College?, 7:10 min, 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, retrieved January 23, 2023, [...] my father-in-law is actually the captain of a submarine, one of the SSBNs.
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