Upcoming live Q&A
Added 2023-02-23 12:35:29 +0000 UTCHi friends, we're planning a March live Q&A - drop your questions and requests, (ie would you like to hear from members of the team perhaps?) Excited to get to connect again, was so fun last time.
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Where does Tom Fox composing music come in the workflow? Does he compose to your edit or do you change the edit to fit his composition?
Simon
2023-03-22 11:31:01 +0000 UTCWhen you map things like bakeries in the US vs France I assume you’re pulling data from OpenStreetMap? Or something else? What is your workflow for accessing it? Have you considered doing sponsorships with data providers like Safegraph, Dataplor, or Foursquare to get access to their POI data for a story?
Ryan Shields
2023-03-12 16:40:37 +0000 UTCDo you have plans to do more quantitative/data driven pieces like the Bermuda Triangle? Also does it drive you bonkers to only be able to map in Web Mercator? Or are you hipster enough to embrace the beauty of it?
Ryan Shields
2023-03-12 02:42:36 +0000 UTCAny chance of coming to Taiwan?
Chiaohong Cheng
2023-03-05 09:16:01 +0000 UTCOh also very curious about the USA's freedom of information. In Canada, it's an extremely arduous process to access information and obtain FOI's. What's that process like for you and your team?
Ryan Hook
2023-03-05 02:04:18 +0000 UTCYou've faced some criticism from a few YouTubers, why do you think that is?
Ryan Hook
2023-03-03 09:16:17 +0000 UTCI would definitely like to listen for your video editors and animations artists! That'd be super interesting!
Egor M
2023-03-01 14:44:03 +0000 UTCDefinitely curious about Iz's transition from lifestyle content to journalism. How's this new role for her, and what has she learned/ wish she knew before diving into it?
Ryan Hook
2023-02-28 00:03:43 +0000 UTCAs a fellow YouTuber myself (musical rhythmic educational videos) I wonder: how do you keep your work on track in the beginning stages of your content creation journey (when it isn't lucrative enough yet to sustain itself), in combination with working and paying your bills? Cheers from Israel! If you need any hebrew help, I'm your guy.
Yogev Gabay
2023-02-27 17:55:14 +0000 UTCWould love to learn more about why you left Vox to pursue solo projects. Did you intend to build your own company from the start? I work with a local NPR station and have been curious about the world of freelance. Any advice?
Maya Fawaz
2023-02-27 16:51:35 +0000 UTCWill you ever make an explainer about how lobbying works in the US?
José Santiago
2023-02-26 00:58:07 +0000 UTCDo you have a master, high-level structure that you (and your team) follow for every episode or do they come together organically based on the research and, finally, the edit?
Investor Evolution
2023-02-25 16:28:17 +0000 UTCYou said you have a specific way you think of intros for videos. What are the ingredients for a good intro
Jaden Kamau
2023-02-25 09:33:57 +0000 UTCI wanted to ask this question great thing you did
Jaden Kamau
2023-02-25 09:32:01 +0000 UTCScript to screen, the way of delivery and challenges with that. Are you remember everything, or reading line by line, or teleprompter? How and why you choose that style of delivery over something else? Basically Johnny tell us all the secrets 🤭🎥
Stan Sabev
2023-02-25 08:57:22 +0000 UTCI'd like to hear from your researchers. How do you set about finding the information that you need, and how do you collate it all together into a coherent narrative?
Claudia Forsberg
2023-02-25 04:15:07 +0000 UTCWill you be exploring more of the US?
Brianna Aslanian
2023-02-24 17:05:45 +0000 UTCWhat country haven't you been to yet but want to visit at some point?
Liv Amanita
2023-02-24 13:34:42 +0000 UTCHave you considered diving into geopolitical analysis of a fictitious world, such as Westeros, Middle Earth or others?
Daniel Nakash
2023-02-24 07:09:48 +0000 UTCHow was it for you to become self employed? How did it came to be?
Daniel Nakash
2023-02-24 07:07:08 +0000 UTCWhat's the process for choosing the subject for next video? They seem very diverse and always interesting!
Daniel Nakash
2023-02-24 07:05:33 +0000 UTCIs Patreon the main source of Revenue for you
Chaim laser
2023-02-24 02:23:39 +0000 UTCWhat's the budget for each video like? how do you bring in revenue?
Raul Serpas
2023-02-23 18:50:04 +0000 UTCHow have you produced so many documentary quality videos this year!? you've put out so may videos this year and it's only Feb. What's your workflow like
Jaxon Sackett
2023-02-23 17:56:17 +0000 UTCDo you realize you would make a great geographer? How is your Italian? 😜 Where in the world (according the YouTube statistics) is your audience from? Greetings from a geographer from Austria! 😁
Sophia
2023-02-23 17:10:39 +0000 UTCIf this is an appropriate question, and you do not mind sharing, do you ever hire for your team? If so, how do you announce it? Thank you!
Kati Scanlon
2023-02-23 16:25:32 +0000 UTCHey Johnny! How do you and your team find clips to use in your videos? Not the ones that you film or any stock footage but the very specific clips regarding a topic. For example: Roger Sterling from Mad Men drinking milk. Do you just go down a rabbit hole trying to find these or is there something else you use?
Logan Ward
2023-02-23 16:09:12 +0000 UTCHi Johnny, Always enjoy your videos. Came across this Reddit thread today https://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/119jz9k/us_coups_mapped_2023_a_short_doc_about_us/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Would you say you have addressed the criticisms raised in these comments in your more recent videos? Any you disagree with? Any idea where these accusations of being a CIA agent come from? 😆
Nicholas Lovell
2023-02-23 13:57:39 +0000 UTCHello ☺️ How does the team collaborate in premiere pro? Do you use team projects?
Lin
2023-02-23 13:48:51 +0000 UTCI've always been curious about how many people-hours goes into your videos? Across all the departments. Do you track the number of hours? It feels like a lot, but you're also cranking videos out like non-stop?!
@DaveRizz
2023-02-23 13:48:07 +0000 UTCHey guys! I’m sure this has happened a couple of times, but is there any one story that you started working on that by the end of it you realized it led you down a completely different path that you expected?
Fabian Segura
2023-02-23 13:13:07 +0000 UTCHey Team, could you guys show us what the infodoc looks like ? Also, how manny people work on your videos and in your company more globally ?
Max Laulom
2023-02-23 13:10:27 +0000 UTCHi Johnny! It would be very exciting if you could talk about how do you and your team make the visual storytelling so compelling. How do you decide what inserts to put in, what style to choose, where to get them, etc.
Alice Ro
2023-02-23 12:46:41 +0000 UTCQ: Hi, Johnny. How do you deal with criticisms of inaccuracies or omissions of information/context in your work, especially when those criticisms are via other YouTubers' videos?
Patrick Riegert
2023-02-23 12:40:09 +0000 UTC
