Nieman Lab·2026-03-11

With Newpress, Iz and Johnny Harris incubate video journalism for the creator era

In 2020, after five years at Vox, journalist Johnny Harris left to start his own YouTube channel . Today, the channel he built with his wife Iz , featuring videos that help you better understand the world, has more than 7.5 million subscribers. Now the Harrises are using what they ve learned to build a business that helps other creator-journalists. Last month, they announced the public launch of N

In 2020, after five years at Vox, journalist Johnny Harris left to start his own YouTube channel . Today, the channel he built with his wife Iz , featuring videos that help you better understand the world, has more than 7.5 million subscribers. Now the Harrises are using what they ve learned to build a business that helps other creator-journalists. Last month, they announced the public launch of N

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