Johnny Harris (journalist)

Johnny Harris (born 28 May 1988[‡ 1][‡ 2]) is an American filmmaker, journalist, and YouTuber, 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 offers video-based travel courses.[12]

Johnny Harris
Personal information
Born (1988-05-28) May 28, 1988
Utah, U.S.
Education
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • journalist
  • YouTuber
SpouseIsabel Harris
Children2
Websitejohnnyharris.ch
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
Genres
  • International affairs
  • history
  • geography
Subscribers3.91 million[1]
Total views342.8 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2019
1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: May 10, 2023

Early life and education

Harris was raised in a Mormon family, living in a small town in Oregon.[‡ 3] He graduated from Ashland High School, in Ashland, Oregon.[‡ 4] He served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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 an 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 and the George Floyd protests.[‡ 7][15]

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 also produced videos with The New York Times.[‡ 9][9] As of May 13, 2023, Harris has 3.92 million YouTube subscribers.[‡ 10] Some of his notable videos tackle topics such as wars, foreign relations, and history of colonization in the United States, the Middle East, North Korea, and the Pacific islands.

Freelance

On November 9, 2021, Harris was credited as 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.[16]

Borders series
Season Episodes Originally aired Location(s)
First aired Last aired Producer
1 6 May 22, 2017 October 14, 2017 Vox Media Inc. Various
2 5 July 11, 2018 August 15, 2018 Hong Kong
3 5 November 22, 2018 December 18, 2018 Colombia
4 5 June 26, 2019 July 24, 2019 India
5 - Release cancelled United States

Personal life

Harris is married to Isabel "Izzy" Harris, with whom he has two sons, Oliver and Henry.[‡ 11]

Harris is diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.[‡ 12]

His father-in-law is the captain of a Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN).[‡ 13]

References
  1. "About Johnny Harris". YouTube.
  2. "Johnny Harris". Vox. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. Schmidt, Christine (27 August 2018). "Explanatory video + engagement = How Vox's Borders series is humanizing the map and building local source networks". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. Scott, Caroline (30 August 2017). "Why Vox has been crowdsourcing for its latest international documentary series". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. Scott, Caroline (23 August 2018). "How Vox expanded its network by crowdsourcing for its latest documentary series". journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. Llewellyn, Tom (15 September 2020). "Vox Borders cancelled: Why has the popular documentary series been axed?". Reality Titbit. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. Schochet, Max (11 March 2020). "Behind the scenes of the Vox web series "Borders"". Storybench. Northeastern University School of Journalism. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  8. "Alumnus Spotlight: Johnny Harris". BYU Political Science Blog. Brigham Young University. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. How America Bungled the Plague | NYT Opinion, retrieved 2021-05-21
  10. Harris, Johnny; Appelbaum, Binyamin (2021-11-09). "Opinion | Blue States, You're the Problem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  11. Harris, Johnny; Cottle, Michelle (2022-09-21). "Opinion | Inside the Completely Legal G.O.P. Plot to Destroy American Democracy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  12. "Bright Trip Inc. Launches Travel Industry's First Video-Based Travel Courses". PRWeb. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  13. "Borders". Vox. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  14. "Vox Earns 3 News and Documentary Emmy Award Nominations". Vox Media. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  15. "Vox Borders cancelled: Why has the popular documentary series been axed?". Reality Titbit. 2020-09-15. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  16. "The New York Times Wins 5 Emmy Awards". The New York Times Company. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2022-10-07.

Primary sources

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

  1. Why Britain is the Center of the World, retrieved 2022-06-02 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 2021-04-28
  3. Why New York City is so Huge, retrieved 2021-04-28
  4. Am I Happy?: Q&A, retrieved 2021-06-12
  5. Why I Left The Mormon Church. YouTube. June 11, 2021.
  6. Johnny, Harris. "Johnny Harris". LinkedIn. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  7. Harris, Johnny (September 14, 2020). Vox Borders is Canceled – via YouTube.
  8. "Johnny Harris - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  9. I Made a Video with The New York Times, retrieved 2021-05-21
  10. "Johnny Harris YouTube Page". YouTube. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  11. Who Are We?!. YouTube. Feb 4, 2018.
  12. Harris, Johnny (2019-01-13), Johnny Harris — Should You Go to College?, 7:10 min, retrieved 2023-01-23, [...] I'm diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD.
  13. Harris, Johnny (2023-01-18), Johnny Harris — Our Best Military Weapon is… Invisible?, 25:13 min, retrieved 2023-01-23, [...] my father-in-law is actually the captain of a submarine, one of the SSBNs.
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