Adam Ragusea

Adam Ragusea is a YouTuber who creates videos about food recipes, science, and culinary culture. He was previously a professor of journalism at Mercer University, but quit his job in 2020 after noticing he earned more money as a Youtuber.

Adam Ragusea
Personal information
Born (1982-03-22) March 22, 1982
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor of journalism, YouTuber.
Websitewww.adamragusea.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010
GenreCooking, science journalism
Subscribers850 thousand
Total views131.3 million
100,000 subscribers
Updated June 27, 2020

Career

Journalism

Adam Ragusea was a journalist in residence at Mercer University until February 2020, when he scheduled to retire.[1][2] Ragusea taught introductory and advanced journalism, and media production classes while still a professor at Mercer.[3]

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.[4] His videos began to garner attention for his "straight-to-the-point" style that is influenced by his background in journalism.[5] 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."[6]

References
  1. "How Adam Ragusea's journalism background helps him in his YouTube career". YouTube. Feb 12, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  2. Janani P. Rammohan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Food videos bring Mercer professor millions of views". ajc. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. "The CCJ Team - Mercer University". Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. "Former professor quit his job at Mercer to become a full-time YouTube creator". WMAZ. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  5. "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.
  6. "The professor that went viral". Jul 2, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
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