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Billie Jd Porter - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Billie Jd Porter
- Billie JD Porter (born June 14, 1992) is a British journalist, model and documentary filmmaker.She is originally from London and went to Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School until she was 16.She began her career as a music writer whilst still at school, going on to contribute to titles such as NME, Vice, Dazed & Confused and i-D. Uu Whilst at Vice she began fronting some of the early video content to appear on the magazine's website, including two documentaries; Rose Boy and Friends and Drunken Glory.
- Porter has claimed that she was regularly plied with drink and drugs while at Vice, by men twice her age, and propositioned for sex.
- She made these claims on Channel 4 after Vice was handing out literature at Me Too marches some years later.She got her breakthrough as a TV presenter at age 18 as a roving reporter on Channel 4's controversial factual entertainment series The Joy of Teen Sex.In 2014 Porter fronted a three part documentary series for BBC Three called Secrets of South America filmed across Argentina, Venezuela and Brazil.
- Its success lead to a commission of a second series called Secrets of China.Porter is one of the youngest reporters to have reported for Channel 4 News, for whom she interviewed Clive James and hosted a political segment ahead of the 2015 General Election. In 2017, Porter created and exec-produced Sound and Vision, a four-part documentary series for Channel 4's late night music slate.
- It featured artists including: Mykki Blanco, Lady Leshurr, Hatsune Miku and Fuse ODG. She campaigned against Brexit, and formed an initiative around youth engagement in politics called Use Your Voice, producing a short film about perception of the political class, and spearheading a digital social media campaign encouraging young people to vote in the 2017 election.
