Craig S. Smith
Craig S. Smith (born October 13, 1955, in
banlieues. In 2008, he joined Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li Tzar Kai's financial news venture as executive editor and subsequently became senior vice president of Li's Pacific Century Group. He rejoined The New York Times in late 2011 as China managing director, founding and running the New York Times' first foreign language site, cn.nytimes.com.[2][3] In late 2016 he returned to the U.S. as a writer at large for the Times, focused on Canadian stories.[4][5] He retired from the Times in 2018 and now writes for the Times and other publications about artificial intelligence. He served as a special Government employee for the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence and is host of the podcast Eye on AI, which is rated number 2 among AI-related podcasts by Feedspot.[6]
Personal life
Smith received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1979 with a joint major in English literature and a master's in Western philosophy. He also earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1987.[1] His father was an assistant general counsel of IBM.[7]
He is married to Anna Esaki, daughter of Nobel laureate Dr. Leo Esaki, and they have two sons, Sky, an actor, and True, a music executive.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Ask A Reporter: Craig Smith". The New York Times. 2001. Archived from the original on November 3, 2002.
- ^ a b "Craig S. Smith - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ Bio, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, 2013
- ^ Robertson, Dylan C. (January 26, 2017). "New York Times hires Catherine Porter as Toronto Bureau Chief". J-Source.ca. Christopher Waddell (CSOJ). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Recent and archived news articles by Craig S. Smith of The New York Times.
- ^ Top 10 AI Podcasts & Radio You Must Follow in 2020
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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