Finn Harries from the JacksGap YouTube Channel visited NYU for a Q&A session hosted by the Global Media and Creative Production Club. Students gathered on the fourth floor of the Kimmel Center for University Life this past Monday for the event.

The Global Media and Creative Production Club is part of Liberal Studies. The club focuses on various media around the world. In the past, the club has had events centered around documentary filmmaking, photography and journalism.

GLS sophomore and president of the club Kira Boden-Gologorsky said the club focuses on the intersection of cultural media contents. As for the event, Boden-Gologorsky hopes to show tangible examples of how to market oneself on the Internet.

“When you’re putting your content on Youtube, you have to differentiate yourself,” Boden-Gologorsky said. “I want to show how to properly market yourself so that you can reach people and have an impact on the world.”

Monday’s event focused on Harries’ humanitarian efforts and the evolution of JacksGap from a solo gap-year documentary to a twin brothers’ business enterprise.

Harries began with discussing the sense of responsibility when it comes to creating content with purpose so that his viewers can take away something from his work.

“I want to have a positive impact,” Harries said. “Why do we get up and make a film everyday?”

Harries said that every mistake is another step toward learning. He began by showing his first big project, the Rickshaw Run, in which he, his twin brother and four other friends had gone on a philanthropic mission in India. Harries conversed with the NYU community about how he wanted to educate and inspire people. Most recently, he has been involved with recording climate change in Greenland. Harries hopes to show a 50-minute documentary he is making about this before the next climate conference in Paris.

Although many students in attendance came to see the famous YouTube personality, the club officers, including Global Liberal Studies senior and co-vice president Candy Moo, see growth of interest after each event they host.

“These events are full to the brim, and the waitlist is also full,” Moo said.

As to what the club will do in the future, Moo hopes to continue featuring guest speakers so that attendees and club members alike can have an educational and engaging experience.

“I hope we get to have the kinds of smart, intellectual conversations about media and where to go forward with that,” Moo said.

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