Connecting
people to
places.

As a versatile producer on the Emmy-winning Johnny Harris YouTube channel, I’ve worked on everything from scripting to visuals, across short-form and long-form.

Prior to producing maps for videos in the fast‑paced world of YouTube, I built software and maps in the faster‑paced world of climate and disaster response, collaborating with UNEP, The Nature Conservancy, the Red Cross, African Parks, FEMA, and the Governments of Dominica and Barbados.

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2026 Emmy Award

Best Graphic Design · Newpress

2026 Edward R. Murrow Award

News Documentary, Small Digital Organization · Newpress

I did maps and visual production on the winning entry. It has been watched 5,281,548 times.

Long-form video

The long-form films I did story and visual production for have been watched 60,924,193 times between them.

Awaiting a highlight reel cut from the shorts in the credit set.

Short form

Short-form videos I scripted and directed, watched 17,155,029 times between them.

Awaiting film of the physical copies.

Print cartography

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Studio

  • Ryan Shields
  • Spatial Stories Media
  • Cheyenne, Wyoming

Contact

Made with

  • QGIS, GDAL, PostGIS
  • MapLibre, PMTiles
  • After Effects, Blender
  • Epson V600 · SilverFast

Set in

  • Schibsted Grotesk
  • Fragment Mono
EDITION OF — FIGURES AS OF 2026-08-14