John Harris is a versatile writer and communication strategist with three decades of experience, first in newspapers as a reporter and editor and then in public relations and business communications. John has worked in both the private and public sectors and the corporate and agency sides of the business.

His public relations clients have included Austin Energy, the City of Houston, the Lower Colorado River Authority, Novo Nordisk, a pension fund, an assistance program for low-income and unhoused people, and a homeowners’ association. His work as a PR strategist and writer as part of the Joint Hurricane Housing Task Force in Houston in 2005 and 2006 (created in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita) won several awards. His freelance writing has appeared in several publications. At the start of his career, John was a reporter at the Austin American-Statesman and a reporter and editor for the Beaumont Enterprise newspapers. A Houston native, he and his wife live in Austin and have two grown children.