Evan Puschak
{{Short description|American video essayist, journalist and YouTuber (born 1988)}}
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Evan Puschak is an American video essayist, journalist and creator of the YouTube channel The NerdWriter.Parker, Jason. [https://www.cnet.com/news/the-nerdwriter-youtube-channel-evan-puschak-video-essay/ "Evan Puschak is making YouTube for smart people"], CNET, 16 March 2017. Retrieved on 10 March 2020. Previously he was a multimedia editor at MSNBC and hosted the Discovery Channel show Seeker Daily. In 2017, Forbes named him one of their "30 Under 30 in Media".{{Cite web |title=30 Under 30 2017: Media |url=https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30-2017/media/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
Career
Puschak was a multimedia editor at MSNBC and hosted the Discovery Channel show Seeker Daily.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/evan-puschak/|title=Profile Evan Puschak|last=|first=|date=|website=Forbes|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-19}}
The NerdWriter series began in 2011 and has been updated almost every week exploring a range of topics from film to current affairs to sitcoms to philosophy.Salleh, Nur Asyiqin Mohamad. [https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/he-started-web-series-to-sell-book "He started Web series to sell book"], The Straits Times, November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2020. In a video uploaded to the channel in August 2022, Puschak revealed he originally started the series in order to build an audience for a novel he had written. Though he abandoned the goal, he discovered a passion for the platform and for creating video essays.{{Citation |title=Why I Started The Nerdwriter | date=July 30, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0AjW1O6SXA |language=en |access-date=2022-08-01}} He explains his approach to the wide range of topics dissected in the NerdWriter essays, "It's in the construction of a video that I understand and learn the most. I just move toward what interests me in that week, or that month."Pierce, David. [https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-film-school/ "The World's Best Film School Is Free on YouTube"], Wired, December 19, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
The popularity of The NerdWriter has attracted attention from industry personnel, media outlets, and film schools.Rowe, Georgie. [https://www.thenationalstudent.com/Arts_and_Theatre/2018-01-14/four_video_essayists_you_should_be_watching.html "Four video essayists you should be watching"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103161938/https://www.thenationalstudent.com/Arts_and_Theatre/2018-01-14/four_video_essayists_you_should_be_watching.html |date=January 3, 2020 }}, The National Student, January 14, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2020. His most popular video essays include How Donald Trump Answers A Question, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban: Why It's The Best, and Sherlock: How To Film Thought. His popular essay on Trump's speeches elicited an article from Slate, "Trump’s Tower of Babble."Waldman, Katy. [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/11/how-donald-trump-uses-language-and-why-we-cant-stop-listening.html "Trump’s Tower of Babble"], Slate, November 2, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
Personal life
After graduating from Boston University he moved to Paris, France, for six months to write the novel, Big City.Evans, Ian. [http://www.bu.edu/articles/2017/alums-forbes-30-under-30/ "Five Alums, BU Academy Graduate on Forbes “30 Under 30” Lists"], Bostonia, February 27, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2020. Puschak resides in Spain.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Works
- {{cite book |last= Puschak |first= Evan |author-link= |date= 2022 |title= Escape Into Meaning |url= |location= |publisher= Atria Books |page= |isbn= 978-1-9821-6395-2 }}
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1 Nerdwriter Official YouTube Channel]
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Category:American male journalists
Category:Boston University alumni