Adam Ragusea

Adam Conrad Ragusea is a YouTuber who creates videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture. He was previously a professor of journalism at Mercer University, but quit his job in 2020 after his YouTube channel took off. A former musician, he often jokingly cites his music as undiscovered talent. He has cited sponsorships as the reason that he felt stable enough to produce videos full-time.

Adam Ragusea
Personal information
Born (1982-03-22) March 22, 1982
Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTuber, Professor of journalism [former]
Websitewww.adamragusea.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010-present (first started producing food videos in 2017)
GenreCooking, science journalism
Subscribers1.27 million
Total views229,444,491
Catchphrase(s)You do you, vinegar leg is on the right, summon forth the upside down bear, as the Brits would call it, a little bit of white wine, heterogeneity!
100,000 subscribers 2019
1,000,000 subscribers 2020
Updated: January 25, 2021

Personal life

Ragusea grew up in central Pennsylvania. As a child, he visited nearby Hersheypark each summer which developed his fondness for Hershey chocolate.[2] He is of Italian descent, and his grandfather worked as an iceman.[3] Ragusea graduated from Penn State University[4] Currently, Ragusea lives in Macon, Georgia with his wife, novelist Lauren Morrill and their two kids.[5] He has also lived in Bloomington, Indiana.

Career

Journalism

Adam Ragusea was a journalist in residence at Mercer University from 2014 until February 2020, when he scheduled to retire.[6][7] Ragusea taught introductory and advanced journalism, and media production classes while still a professor at Mercer.[8] Before becoming a professor, Ragusea worked as a reporter for NPR and its affiliates. He was the longtime host of The Pub, a trade podcast for people in public media.[9] He is listed as the Georgia Public Broadcasting Macon Bureau Chief and host of the local Morning Edition. Prior to working at GPB, Ragusea worked at WBUR-FM in Boston, and WFIU in Indiana.[10]

YouTube

Ragusea created his YouTube channel on February 12, 2010, and his first videos were recipes for foods that he made for the intention of sharing with his friends.[11] His videos began to garner attention for his "straight-to-the-point" style that is influenced by his background in journalism.[12] In addition to this, he cites SpongeBob SquarePants as an influence on his style of comedy, claiming that "it's edgy, but fundamentally it's still just a beam of bright sunshine."[13]

References
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J44svaQc5WY&ab_channel=AdamRagusea
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J44svaQc5WY&ab_channel=AdamRagusea
  3. Theo, Hoge (7 September 2020). "How people kept stuff cold before refrigerators". Youtube.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_PMnCpaJiQ. Retrieved 1 February 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.adamragusea.com/about
  6. "How Adam Ragusea's journalism background helps him in his YouTube career". YouTube. February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  7. Janani P. Rammohan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Food videos bring Mercer professor millions of views". ajc. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  8. "The CCJ Team - Mercer University". Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  9. "Press Publish 13: Adam Ragusea on podcasts and the pessimist's case for public radio's future". Nieman Lab. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  10. "Adam Ragusea". Georgia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  11. "Former professor quit his job at Mercer to become a full-time YouTube creator". WMAZ-TV. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  12. "He was teaching at Mercer when a video he posted on YouTube went viral. Now, he's a full-time YouTube creator". WMAZ. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  13. "The professor that went viral". July 2, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
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