David Smith (journalist)

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David Smith
BornDavid Richard Smith
OccupationJournalist
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Leeds
GenreNon-fiction
Employer The Guardian

David Richard Smith is the Washington DC bureau chief of The Guardian . [1] From 2010 to 2015, Smith was the Africa correspondent for The Guardian, for which he was based in Johannesburg, South Africa. [2] [3]

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Personal life

Smith is a graduate of the University of Leeds. [3] Smith married American actress Andrea Harris, a grand-daughter of historically influential African-American psychologists and educators Kenneth and Mamie Clark, at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, on 18 September 2010. [3]

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References

  1. "David Smith". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. "David Smith's letter from Africa". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Andrea Harris and David Smith". The New York Times . 24 September 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2016.