Evan Smith | |
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 Smith at the LBJ Presidential Library, 2012 | |
| Born | April 20, 1966 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Education | Hamilton College; Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University |
Evan Smith (born April 20, 1966) is an American journalist. He is the former CEO of The Texas Tribune and host of the weekly interview program Overheard with Evan Smith. [1] [2] [3]
Born in New York, Smith has a bachelor's degree in public policy from Hamilton College and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (which inducted him into its Hall of Achievement in April 2006). [4] [5]
Since September 2010, he has hosted Overheard with Evan Smith, a weekly interview program produced by KLRU that airs on PBS stations nationally. [6]
Smith joined the staff of Texas Monthly as a senior editor in January 1992. [7] In February 1993, he was promoted to deputy editor, and in July 2000, he was made editor. [8] In May 2002, he added the title of executive vice president. He announced his intention to resign on July 17, 2009, and stepped down on August 21, 2009. [9] [10] [11]
Smith co-founded the Texas Tribune , an online, nonprofit, non-partisan public media organization, with Austin venture capitalist John Thornton and veteran journalist Ross Ramsey. It launched on November 3, 2009. [12] [13] In January 2022, Smith announced his intentions to step down from his role as CEO by the year's end. [14]
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