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]
Since September 2010, he has hosted Overheard with Evan Smith, a weekly interview program produced by
KLRU that airs on PBS stations nationally.[6]
Texas Monthly
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]
Texas Tribune
Smith co-founded the Texas Tribune, an online, nonprofit, non-partisan public media organization, with Austin
venture capitalistJohn 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]