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John Seward Johnson III

January 01, 1970

John Seward Johnson III (born September 2, 1966) is an American filmmaker, philanthropist and entrepreneur.[1] He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson) and the son of artist John Seward Johnson II.

John Seward Johnson III
Johnson discusses Harmony Labs, 2017
Born (1966-09-02) September 2, 1966 (age 57)
Boston, Massachusetts
Alma materSt. John's College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, filmmaker, philanthropist
Years active1997–present
Known forBuzzFeed, Eyebeam, Screenwriters' Colony
SpouseSusan Short
Children4
Parent(s)John Seward Johnson II
Cecilia Joyce Horton

He is the co-founder of Buzzfeed and founder and chairman of Harmony Labs, and founder of Eyebeam, Screenwriters Colony and the Filmmakers Collaborative. He is also a member of the Henry Crown Fellowship at the Aspen Institute.

Early life and education edit

Johnson was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] His father, John Seward Johnson II, was an artist known for his life-size bronze statues made of castings of living people depicting them in quotidian situations.[3] His mother, Cecilia Joyce Horton, is a theater producer and novelist.[4] He has a younger sister, Clelia Constance Johnson, an actress known publicly by her stage name, India Blake.[5] Johnson is a first cousin of documentary filmmaker Jamie Johnson. He attended St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and mathematics, and then earned a master's degree from Columbia University.

Career edit

Eyebeam edit

Johnson founded art and technology center Eyebeam in 1997.[6] In 2003, Johnson hired Jonah Peretti as Director of Research and Development with the purpose of establishing the web as a place for art experiments. They went on to produce the first online series of public experiments in viral media in the "Contagious Media Showdown".[7] Eyebeam also produced the first geocoding of public campaign finance data, later served up as the site Fundrace and hosted by the Huffington Post.[8]

Buzzfeed edit

In 2006, Johnson co-founded the website BuzzFeed[9] with entrepreneur Jonah Peretti.[10] BuzzFeed is an online media company that detects and accelerates traction of trending news and entertainment. It was initially conceived of as a media analytics company to track viral content.[11]

Harmony Labs edit

In 2008, Johnson founded Harmony Institute,[12] an applied research lab exploring how media and society interact and to experiment with using media to support an open, inclusive, democratic society. It has produced peer-reviewed publications, white papers, interactive tools, and contributed to many prominent social impact media projects and campaigns, in partnership with private foundations, advocacy organizations and media publishers.[13][14][15]

In 2017, Harmony Institute became Harmony Labs[16] with a renewed focus on understanding how influence operates within media systems and to experiment with media approaches that optimize for positive social effects. Harmony Labs also runs an accelerator that supports early-stage startups that are building media tech and developing data-driven approaches and tools for understanding and leveraging media influence.[17]

During his time at Harmony, Johnson has co-authored a number of research publications, including Audience preferences are predicted by temporal reliability of neural processing published in Nature Communications,[18] Measuring Impact: The Importance of Evaluation for Documentary Film Campaigns published in M/C Journal,[19] Trailer brain: Neural and behavioral analysis of social issue documentary viewing with low-density EEG published in The International Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative (CMN’16),[20] and “No Fracking Way!” Documentary Film, Discursive Opportunity, and Local Opposition against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States, 2010 to 2013 published in the American Sociological Review.[21]

Nosara, Costa Rica Hotels edit

In 2004, Johnson and his wife Susan Short, purchased and renovated an old hotel in the Pacific surfing village of Nosara, Costa Rica in an effort to save it from being purchased and developed into a major international commercial-chain facility.[22] The Harmony Hotel is a boutique health and wellness-oriented hotel.[23] They are the hotel's current owners, and have since purchased two other hotels in Nosara, the Sunset Shack and the Harbor Reef Hotel.[24]

La Voz de Guanacaste edit

In 2006, Johnson purchased a local weekly paper in Nosara, La Voz de Guanacaste, and in 2015 turned it into Costa Rica's first non profit investigative newspaper.[25]

Creative ventures edit

Johnson wrote, produced, and directed two feature films: Without a Trace: June 10, 1979 (1991)[26] and Ratchet (1996)[27]

In 2002, Johnson established the Screenwriters Colony,[28] a residency-inspired incubator for emerging screenwriters based in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The Screenwriters Colony works in partnership with the Nantucket Film Festival.[29]

Philanthropy edit

Johnson serves and has served in various capacities at arts and science organizations including the board of the Dreamland Theater,[30] RepresentUs,[31] Screenwriters Colony,[32] Almanack Arts Colony,[33] and Harmony Labs.[34] He was also a founding board member of the Nantucket Film Festival.

Johnson is also a Trustee of the Atlantic Foundation,[35] which provides grants to such organizations as Eyebeam, Brooklyn Waldorf School, Mary McDowell, Grounds for Sculpture,[36] and Amigos of Costa Rica.

Awards and honors edit

In 2003, Johnson was announced as a Henry Crown Fellow for the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit organization that “promotes the pursuit of common ground and deeper understanding in a nonpartisan and non-ideological setting”. He was a member of the Discover Class of 2003.[37]

Personal life edit

Johnson is married to Susan Short, an artist, documentarian and naturalist.[38] They reside in Brooklyn, New York with their three children.

References edit

  1. ^ "John S. Johnson | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  2. ^ "John S. Johnson: "We've Never Wanted to Create Something 'Big' in Nosara"". The Voice of Guanacaste. 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ^ "About the Artist - Seward Johnson Atelier". Seward Johnson Atelier. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. ^ Reed, J. D. (2002-06-30). "Seward's Follies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  5. ^ Reed, J. D. (2002-06-30). "Seward's Follies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  6. ^ "About | Eyebeam". Eyebeam. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  7. ^ "The Humble Origins of Buzzfeed". Inc.com. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  8. ^ "FundRace shows neighbors' political donations". CNET. 2004-03-23. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  9. ^ "About BuzzFeed". About BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  10. ^ "INSIDE BUZZFEED: The Story Of How Jonah Peretti Built The Web's Most Beloved New Media Brand". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  11. ^ "Does BuzzFeed Know the Secret?". NYMag.com. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  12. ^ Cieply, Michael (2010-07-25). "Group Hopes to Add Punch to Influence Public Opinion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  13. ^ "How 'Waiting for Superman' (almost) changed the world | Education Reform | Evaluation". Scribd. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  14. ^ "How MTV's Original Programming On Digital Abuse Works In The Real World". Fast Company. 2013-01-08. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  15. ^ . v4c.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  16. ^ "About". Harmony Labs. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  17. ^ . New Media Ventures. 2018-01-08. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  18. ^ Dmochowski, Jacek P.; Bezdek, Matthew A.; Abelson, Brian P.; Johnson, John S.; Schumacher, Eric H.; Parra, Lucas C. (2014-07-29). "Audience preferences are predicted by temporal reliability of neural processing". Nature Communications. 5: 4567. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.4567D. doi:10.1038/ncomms5567. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 4124862. PMID 25072833.
  19. ^ Karlin, Beth; Johnson, John (2011-11-18). "Measuring Impact: The Importance of Evaluation for Documentary Film Campaigns". M/C Journal. 14 (6). doi:10.5204/mcj.444.
  20. ^ "CMN'16". narrative.csail.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  21. ^ ""No Fracking Way!" Documentary Film, Discursive Opportunity, and Local Opposition against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States, 2010 to 2013". American Sociological Association. 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  22. ^ "John S. Johnson: "We've Never Wanted to Create Something 'Big' in Nosara"". The Voice of Guanacaste. 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  23. ^ Coleman, David Amsden,Rachel. "How Buzzfeed's Co-Founder Is Protecting a Costa Rican Town". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2018-04-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "Harmony Hotel and Sunset Shack Owners Buy Harbor Reef Hotel". The Voice of Guanacaste. 2016-07-15. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  25. ^ "About Us". The Voice of Guanacaste. 2013-06-02. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  26. ^ "John S. Johnson - Founder and Executive Director, Harmony Institute". futureofstorytelling.org. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  27. ^ Johnson, John (1998-02-06), Ratchet, Tom Gilroy, Margaret Welsh, Mitchell Lichtenstein, retrieved 2018-04-19
  28. ^ "John S. Johnson, Screenwriters Colony - SRQ Daily Apr 20, 2015". Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  29. ^ . Nantucket Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  30. ^ "Board of Directors | Nantucket's Nonprofit Film & Cultural Center". www.nantucketdreamland.org. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  31. ^ "About | Represent.Us". Represent.Us. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  32. ^ . screenwriterscolony.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  33. ^ Pykosz, Lindsay. . The Inquirer and Mirror. Archived from the original on 2018-11-18. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  34. ^ "Team". Harmony Labs. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  35. ^ N/A. "The Atlantic Foundation - LinkedIn".
  36. ^ "Our Supporters". Grounds For Sculpture. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  37. ^ "Programs - Henry Crown - Class VII - AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network". AGLN - Aspen Global Leadership Network. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  38. ^ Lipton, Eric (2016-03-02). "A BuzzFeed Founder's Costa Rican Hideaway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-19.

January 01, 1970
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John Seward Johnson III born September 2 1966 is an American filmmaker philanthropist and entrepreneur 1 He is a great grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I co founder of Johnson amp Johnson and the son of artist John Seward Johnson II John Seward Johnson IIIJohnson discusses Harmony Labs 2017Born 1966 09 02 September 2 1966 age 57 Boston MassachusettsAlma materSt John s College BA Columbia University MA Occupation s Entrepreneur filmmaker philanthropistYears active1997 presentKnown forBuzzFeed Eyebeam Screenwriters ColonySpouseSusan ShortChildren4Parent s John Seward Johnson IICecilia Joyce Horton He is the co founder of Buzzfeed and founder and chairman of Harmony Labs and founder of Eyebeam Screenwriters Colony and the Filmmakers Collaborative He is also a member of the Henry Crown Fellowship at the Aspen Institute Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Eyebeam 2 2 Buzzfeed 2 3 Harmony Labs 2 4 Nosara Costa Rica Hotels 2 5 La Voz de Guanacaste 3 Creative ventures 4 Philanthropy 5 Awards and honors 6 Personal life 7 ReferencesEarly life and education editJohnson was born in Boston Massachusetts 2 His father John Seward Johnson II was an artist known for his life size bronze statues made of castings of living people depicting them in quotidian situations 3 His mother Cecilia Joyce Horton is a theater producer and novelist 4 He has a younger sister Clelia Constance Johnson an actress known publicly by her stage name India Blake 5 Johnson is a first cousin of documentary filmmaker Jamie Johnson He attended St John s College in Annapolis Maryland where he earned a bachelor s degree in philosophy and mathematics and then earned a master s degree from Columbia University Career editEyebeam edit Johnson founded art and technology center Eyebeam in 1997 6 In 2003 Johnson hired Jonah Peretti as Director of Research and Development with the purpose of establishing the web as a place for art experiments They went on to produce the first online series of public experiments in viral media in the Contagious Media Showdown 7 Eyebeam also produced the first geocoding of public campaign finance data later served up as the site Fundrace and hosted by the Huffington Post 8 Buzzfeed edit In 2006 Johnson co founded the website BuzzFeed 9 with entrepreneur Jonah Peretti 10 BuzzFeed is an online media company that detects and accelerates traction of trending news and entertainment It was initially conceived of as a media analytics company to track viral content 11 Harmony Labs edit In 2008 Johnson founded Harmony Institute 12 an applied research lab exploring how media and society interact and to experiment with using media to support an open inclusive democratic society It has produced peer reviewed publications white papers interactive tools and contributed to many prominent social impact media projects and campaigns in partnership with private foundations advocacy organizations and media publishers 13 14 15 In 2017 Harmony Institute became Harmony Labs 16 with a renewed focus on understanding how influence operates within media systems and to experiment with media approaches that optimize for positive social effects Harmony Labs also runs an accelerator that supports early stage startups that are building media tech and developing data driven approaches and tools for understanding and leveraging media influence 17 During his time at Harmony Johnson has co authored a number of research publications including Audience preferences are predicted by temporal reliability of neural processing published in Nature Communications 18 Measuring Impact The Importance of Evaluation for Documentary Film Campaigns published in M C Journal 19 Trailer brain Neural and behavioral analysis of social issue documentary viewing with low density EEG published in The International Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative CMN 16 20 and No Fracking Way Documentary Film Discursive Opportunity and Local Opposition against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States 2010 to 2013 published in the American Sociological Review 21 Nosara Costa Rica Hotels edit In 2004 Johnson and his wife Susan Short purchased and renovated an old hotel in the Pacific surfing village of Nosara Costa Rica in an effort to save it from being purchased and developed into a major international commercial chain facility 22 The Harmony Hotel is a boutique health and wellness oriented hotel 23 They are the hotel s current owners and have since purchased two other hotels in Nosara the Sunset Shack and the Harbor Reef Hotel 24 La Voz de Guanacaste edit In 2006 Johnson purchased a local weekly paper in Nosara La Voz de Guanacaste and in 2015 turned it into Costa Rica s first non profit investigative newspaper 25 Creative ventures editJohnson wrote produced and directed two feature films Without a Trace June 10 1979 1991 26 and Ratchet 1996 27 In 2002 Johnson established the Screenwriters Colony 28 a residency inspired incubator for emerging screenwriters based in Nantucket Massachusetts The Screenwriters Colony works in partnership with the Nantucket Film Festival 29 Philanthropy editJohnson serves and has served in various capacities at arts and science organizations including the board of the Dreamland Theater 30 RepresentUs 31 Screenwriters Colony 32 Almanack Arts Colony 33 and Harmony Labs 34 He was also a founding board member of the Nantucket Film Festival Johnson is also a Trustee of the Atlantic Foundation 35 which provides grants to such organizations as Eyebeam Brooklyn Waldorf School Mary McDowell Grounds for Sculpture 36 and Amigos of Costa Rica Awards and honors editIn 2003 Johnson was announced as a Henry Crown Fellow for the Aspen Institute a nonprofit organization that promotes the pursuit of common ground and deeper understanding in a nonpartisan and non ideological setting He was a member of the Discover Class of 2003 37 Personal life editJohnson is married to Susan Short an artist documentarian and naturalist 38 They reside in Brooklyn New York with their three children References edit John S Johnson HuffPost www huffingtonpost com Retrieved 2018 04 19 John S Johnson We ve Never Wanted to Create Something Big in Nosara The Voice of Guanacaste 2014 11 10 Retrieved 2018 04 19 About the Artist Seward Johnson Atelier Seward Johnson Atelier Retrieved 2018 04 19 Reed J D 2002 06 30 Seward s Follies The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Reed J D 2002 06 30 Seward s Follies The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2018 04 19 About Eyebeam Eyebeam Retrieved 2018 04 19 The Humble Origins of Buzzfeed Inc com 2014 03 03 Retrieved 2018 04 19 FundRace shows neighbors political donations CNET 2004 03 23 Retrieved 2018 04 19 About BuzzFeed About BuzzFeed Retrieved 2018 04 19 INSIDE BUZZFEED The Story Of How Jonah Peretti Built The Web s Most Beloved New Media Brand Business Insider Retrieved 2018 04 19 Does BuzzFeed Know the Secret NYMag com 5 April 2013 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Cieply Michael 2010 07 25 Group Hopes to Add Punch to Influence Public Opinion The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2018 04 19 How Waiting for Superman almost changed the world Education Reform Evaluation Scribd Retrieved 2018 04 19 How MTV s Original Programming On Digital Abuse Works In The Real World Fast Company 2013 01 08 Retrieved 2018 04 19 StoryPilot Creating Stories with Impact video4change v4c org Archived from the original on 2018 11 18 Retrieved 2018 04 19 About Harmony Labs Retrieved 2018 04 19 7th Innovation Fund Open Call Shift the Story New Media Ventures New Media Ventures 2018 01 08 Archived from the original on 2018 02 25 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Dmochowski Jacek P Bezdek Matthew A Abelson Brian P Johnson John S Schumacher Eric H Parra Lucas C 2014 07 29 Audience preferences are predicted by temporal reliability of neural processing Nature Communications 5 4567 Bibcode 2014NatCo 5 4567D doi 10 1038 ncomms5567 ISSN 2041 1723 PMC 4124862 PMID 25072833 Karlin Beth Johnson John 2011 11 18 Measuring Impact The Importance of Evaluation for Documentary Film Campaigns M C Journal 14 6 doi 10 5204 mcj 444 CMN 16 narrative csail mit edu Retrieved 2018 04 19 No Fracking Way Documentary Film Discursive Opportunity and Local Opposition against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States 2010 to 2013 American Sociological Association 2015 09 01 Retrieved 2018 04 19 John S Johnson We ve Never Wanted to Create Something Big in Nosara The Voice of Guanacaste 2014 11 10 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Coleman David Amsden Rachel How Buzzfeed s Co Founder Is Protecting a Costa Rican Town Conde Nast Traveler Retrieved 2018 04 19 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Harmony Hotel and Sunset Shack Owners Buy Harbor Reef Hotel The Voice of Guanacaste 2016 07 15 Retrieved 2018 04 19 About Us The Voice of Guanacaste 2013 06 02 Retrieved 2018 04 19 John S Johnson Founder and Executive Director Harmony Institute futureofstorytelling org Retrieved 2018 04 19 Johnson John 1998 02 06 Ratchet Tom Gilroy Margaret Welsh Mitchell Lichtenstein retrieved 2018 04 19 John S Johnson Screenwriters Colony SRQ Daily Apr 20 2015 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Screenwriters Colony Nantucket Film Festival Archived from the original on 2018 04 17 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Board of Directors Nantucket s Nonprofit Film amp Cultural Center www nantucketdreamland org Retrieved 2018 04 19 About Represent Us Represent Us Retrieved 2018 04 19 About Screenwriters Colony screenwriterscolony org Archived from the original on 2018 06 17 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Pykosz Lindsay Screenwriters Colony expanding its reach The Inquirer and Mirror Archived from the original on 2018 11 18 Retrieved 2018 04 19 Team Harmony Labs Retrieved 2018 04 19 N A The Atlantic Foundation LinkedIn Our Supporters Grounds For Sculpture Retrieved 2018 04 19 Programs Henry Crown Class VII AGLN Aspen Global Leadership Network AGLN Aspen Global Leadership Network 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