Born in 1977, Hori Jun entered NHK Broadcasting Corporation in 2001 as a reporter of News Watch 9, mainly in charge of accidents and disaster reporting. He worked as a newscaster of Economic News Biz Sport in 2010. He then became a visiting researcher at University of California, Los Angeles from 2012 onward. Hori Jun was rewarded with the Special Award at the Kyoto International Documentary Film Festival for his film production “Metamorphosis” that covers the nuclear meltdown incidents in the US and Japan. He became a freelancer in 2013, and took up the presenter role in a morning program of TOKYOMX TV station from 2014. He now manages 8bitNews, a user- generated news site, and is a guest professor at Shukutoku University.
