Thomas Morton (journalist)

Thomas Morton
Nationality American
Occupation Journalist
Known for Contributing editor at Vice Magazine, documentary host

Thomas Morton is a writer and contributing editor for Vice magazine.[1][2][3][4] He began working at Vice following a summer internship in 2004, and after several years helping edit the print edition of the magazine, became vice.com's online editor.[5] During his tenure at the magazine, Morton wrote first-hand accounts of infiltrating religious cults, competitive binge-eating, living with a Dominican family for a week, and was the first non-Juggalo to attend and report on the Gathering of the Juggalos. When Vice launched their online video channel VBS.tv in 2007, Morton began appearing as an on-air correspondent in numerous documentaries and video series, covering environmental catastrophes in the Pacific Ocean, the Louisiana Gulf coast, and Brazilian Amazon as well as interviewing rapper and fellow Georgian Young Jeezy. He's been a producer/correspondent for HBO's newsmagazine series Vice since 2013.[6] According to his bio on HBO's website, he is a fan of English jangle-pop in the style of groups like Felt and Biff Bang Pow.[7]

From 2014 to 2015, he served as a field reporter/host for Noisey's music documentaries Noisey Chiraq and Noisey Atlanta.

In early 2016, Vice started broadcasting a new television channel, VICELAND. Thomas Morton currently hosts a long-form, pop anthropology docuseries, Balls Deep, which features in-depth investigative pieces focused on different American subcultures in each episode.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Stuever, Hank. "HBO's 'Vice': Journo-tourism for hipsters". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Morton (III)". IMDB. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Cerquera, Yolian. "'Vice' on HBO Takes Daredevil Journalism to Another Level". Highbrow Magazine. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Articles by Thomas Morton". Vice. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Frisch, Ian. "Vice's Thomas Morton".
  6. ↑ Lavery, Christian. "HBO's 'Vice' Correspondent Dishes on the Documentary-Style TV Series...". Nylon.com. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  7. ↑ VICE Staff. "Thomas Morton Bio".
  8. ↑ VICE Staff. "Watch the First Trailer for Our New Season of 'BALLS DEEP'".


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