John Norris (Born 1959) is a reporter who previously worked for MTV as a reporter and special correspondent for MTV News and the MTV Radio Network. He joined MTV as a writer in 1986 and became an on-air alternate for news anchor Kurt Loder in 1988. In 1990, he left MTV News to report for the network's morning show as well as the syndicated entertainment show Extra, but returned to MTV News in 1996. He gained further notability through his reporting of special topics within politics and global issues such as with Choose or Lose and Positively Global. and has conducted many celebrity interviews.
Originally from Houston and a graduate of New York University with a degree in broadcast journalism, Norris lives in New York City. He is vegetarian, and has appeared in a PETA video promoting vegetarianism.
On December 4, 2008, rumors circulated that Norris was among 850 layoffs at Viacom. He is no longer listed as a correspondent by MTV News, though he appeared on June 25, 2009, to discuss the career of Michael Jackson, who had died earlier that day.
He is involved with the online music site Noisevox.
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