Johnny Harris (journalist)

Johnny Harris (born May 28, 1988) is an American YouTuber, filmmaker, and independent journalist, currently based in Washington, D.C. Harris produced and hosted the Borders series for American news and opinion website Vox.      He also created three videos for The New York Times. Harris launched the company Bright Trip in 2019, which has video-based travel courses.

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. He graduated from Ashland High School, in Ashland, Oregon. He served a two-year mission in Tijuana, Mexico, but has since left the church.

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).

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. It was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. The series was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, George Floyd riots, and budgeting considerations.

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.

He has partnered with The New York Times  as well as the World Economic Forum in producing videos.

Harris has 5.05 million YouTube subscribers. 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.

Harris has been criticized for biased reporting and misinformation for some of his videos by other YouTubers.

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". It later won an Emmy Award.

CSIS.org
In his YouTube piece entitled "How to Start a War With a Flash Drive", 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.

Personal life
Harris is married to Isabel "Izzy" Harris, with whom he has two sons.

Harris is diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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