Johnny Harris (journalist)

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Johnny Harris
Personal information
BornMay 28, 1988
Utah
NationalityAmerican
EducationBrigham Young University American University
Occupation
  • Filmmaker
  • journalist
  • YouTuber
Spouse(s)Isabel Harris
Relatives2 sons
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011-present
GenreInternational Affairs, History, and Geography
Subscribers1.68 million[1]
(2021)
Total views95.35 million[1]
(2021)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2019
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2021
Updated: 02 September 2021

Johnny Harris (born May 1988[citation needed]) is an American filmmaker, journalist and YouTuber, currently based in Washington, D.C.[2] Harris produced and hosted the Borders series for Vox.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Harris launched the company Bright Trip in 2019 to help people travel smarter with video-based travel courses.[9]

Early life and education[]

Harris was raised in a Mormon family, living in a small town in Oregon.[‡ 1] He graduated from Ashland High School, in Ashland, Oregon.[‡ 2] He and his wife, Iz, have since rejected Mormonism.[‡ 3][‡ 4]

He holds a BA in international relations from Brigham Young University and an MA in international peace and conflict resolution from American University.[2]

Career[]

Vox Borders[]

Borders is a documentary short film series that profiled sociopolitical issues in various borders around the world. It was twice nominated for an Emmy Award.[10] It ran from 2017 to 2020.

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.[‡ 5] He also produced a video with the New York Times.[11][12]

As of July 27, 2021, Harris has 1.59 million YouTube subscribers.[‡ 6] Some of his notable videos on geopolitics include wars, relations and colonizing by the United States of America, of the Middle East and islands in the Pacific.

Borders series[]

Harris was the host of the documentary series Borders for Vox, which aired between 2017 and 2019. The series investigated international relations and their impact on people. Only 4 seasons were aired, as season 5 was canceled in 2020.[‡ 7]

Season Episodes Originally Aired Location(s) featured
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 (China)
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 and his wife, Iz, have two sons, Oliver and Henry.[‡ 8]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Johnny Harris". YouTube.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "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. ^ "Bright Trip Inc. Launches Travel Industry's First Video-Based Travel Courses". PRWeb. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  10. ^ "Vox Earns 3 News and Documentary Emmy Award Nominations". Vox Media. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. ^ I Made a Video with The New York Times, retrieved 2021-05-21
  12. ^ How America Bungled the Plague | NYT Opinion, retrieved 2021-05-21

Primary sources[]

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

  1. ^ Why New York City is so Huge, retrieved 2021-04-28
  2. ^ Am I Happy?: Q&A, retrieved 2021-06-12
  3. ^ Addressing your assumptions about us | leaving the mormon church, therapy, working together. YouTube. Feb 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Why I Left The Mormon Church. YouTube. June 11, 2021.
  5. ^ "Johnny Harris - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  6. ^ "Johnny Harris YouTube Page". YouTube. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ^ Harris, Johnny (September 14, 2020). "VOX BORDERS IS CANCELED". YouTube.
  8. ^ Who Are We?!. YouTube. Feb 4, 2018.


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