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Terence Smith
Born
Terence F. Smith

1938
OccupationJournalist
Years active1965–present
SpouseSusanne Stout
Childrentwo
Parent(s) Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith, sportswriter

Terence Smith (born 1938) is an American journalist who worked as a special correspondent at The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, worked for The New York Times, and CBS News. Smith has been a guest host for The Diane Rehm Show, and contributes to The Huffington Post. At CBS, Smith won two Emmy Awards, in 1990 for his coverage of Hurricane Hugo, and in 1989 for his coverage of people who live near nuclear power plants. He retired from PBS NewsHour in 2006. [1] He has strong environmental interests and served on the advisory board of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center [2] and chaired the Board of Trustees of the Chesapeake Bay Trust of the State of Maryland from 2015 to 2017. [3]

Smith was born to sportswriter Red Smith, [4] and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1960. [5]

Smith is married and has two grown children and three grandchildren. He lives in the Eastport neighborhood in Annapolis, Maryland, on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. [6]

Works

  • Smith, Terence (2021). Four Wars, Five Presidents: A Reporter's Journey from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN  9781538160619.

References

  1. ^ Romenesko, Jim (January 13, 2006). "Update on Terence Smith". Terence F. Smith – Journalist. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "Minutes of the Board of Regents, September 17, 2007. APPENDIX A, APPROVED RESOLUTIONS" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution.
  3. ^ "Benjamin S. Wechsler named Chairman of Chesapeake Bay Trust Board of Trustees". Eye On Annapolis. July 12, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE; Red Smith Honor". The New York Times. March 23, 1988. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN) - Class of 1960". p. 345.
  6. ^ "About Terence Smith". Terence F. Smith – Journalist. Retrieved August 12, 2012.

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