Tracy Smith (journalist)

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Tracy Smith is a CBS news correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning and 48 Hours . Smith is a former Channel One News anchor and correspondent. She served as both co-anchor of the Saturday Early Show and a national correspondent for The Early Show from August 2005 through May 2007. Smith was succeeded by Maggie Rodriguez.

Early years

Smith was born in Wyoming, Ohio. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University in 1990. She subsequently earned a master's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California in 1993. [1]

In August 1993, Smith married CBS News Sunday Morning producer John D'Amelio, [2] with whom she has two children. [1] In April 2015, The Wilbur Award for the best "Television & Cable News: Network or national syndication" was awarded to Smith as correspondent; her husband, John D'Amelio, as producer; and Lauren Barnello, as producer/editor for the CBS Sunday Morning show "Heavenly Voices." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tracy Smith". www.cbsnews.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  2. Neal, Rome (June 22, 2004). "Is Yours A Match Made In Heaven?". The Early Show . Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  3. Religion Communicators Council: "Wilbur Award 2015 Tracy Smith, CBS Sunday Morning" May 3, 2015