Originally from
Houston and a graduate of
New York University with a degree in
broadcast journalism, Norris lives in
New York City. He is
vegetarian, and has appeared in two
PETA videos promoting
animal rights and vegetarianism. He has also done non-profit work for
Mercy for Animals,
GLAAD, and
GLSEN. In December 2008, Norris left
MTV. He is no longer listed as a correspondent by
MTV News, though he appeared on June 25, 2009, to discuss the career of
Michael Jackson, who
had died earlier that day. In June 2009, Norris was a founding partner in the music website Noisevox. He served as managing editor for the site and host of the Indie Rock interview series
Noisemakers on Noisevox and
Face Time. As a freelance journalist, Norris has written about music and culture for
Vice,
Entertainment Weekly,
Yahoo!,
Refinery29,
Interview, MTV Iggy, and
MTV Hive, as well as
Dazed,
V, and
VMan magazines. In April 2013, he was hired by the music channel
Fuse, as Supervising Producer of the nightly
Fuse News, where he also appeared periodically as an on-air correspondent. ==References==