About John

John Hubbell is a four-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer of American documentary film and media. He created California Story Company as a collaborative incubator for work with leading visual journalists, interactive designers and principled clients worldwide. 

John plans, writes and supervises production of projects. He also works independently as a writer and journalist for major publications, as well as an editor and consultant, helping in-house teams find and shape storylines. 

A Northern California native, John served previously as an editor and reporter on the national, foreign and political staffs of The Associated Press, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Asia edition of The New York Times. He has reported and produced work across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, created master narratives for highly honored museums and led teams on challenging storytelling missions around the world. 

Based in California, John holds a bachelor of science in journalism from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and a master’s degree in folklore/American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He serves as a member of the advisory board of Cal Poly’s Journalism Department, and is a member of The Video Consortium, a worldwide community of leading nonfiction visual storytellers.