Harry Smith (American journalist)

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Harry Smith
Born (1951-08-21) August 21, 1951 (age 72)
Lansing, Illinois, U.S.
EducationCentral College (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, news anchor
Years active1973–present
SpouseAndrea Joyce
Children2

Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951) is a retired American television journalist who has worked for NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC as a senior correspondent. He hosted the CBS News morning programs, The Early Show and its predecessor, CBS This Morning, for seventeen years. In July 2011, Smith left CBS News[1] to become a correspondent for NBC News and the newsmagazine Rock Center with Brian Williams. He also served as an anchor for MSNBC, conducting daytime live coverage of breaking news and events since first appearing in November 2015.[citation needed]

Early life and education

Smith was born in Lansing, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and theater from Central College, located in Pella, Iowa.[2]

Career

Smith began his broadcasting career at

Cincinnati, Ohio, radio station WLW (1975[clarification needed] From 1981 to 1982, he worked for Denver's public television station, KRMA-TV. From 1982 to 1985, he served as a reporter and anchor for KMGH-TV
, the then-CBS affiliate in Denver (the station is now affiliated with ABC). In 1986, Smith joined CBS News as a reporter and was named a correspondent in 1987.

For thirteen years, Smith was a contributor to

The History Channel's Modern Marvels
.

On October 28, 2002, Smith returned to the CBS morning show, by that point renamed

CBS Radio Network
.

On July 8, 2011, CBS News notified its employees that Smith would depart the network after 25 years.[1] NBC News subsequently announced that Smith would join that network and contribute to the prime-time newsmagazine program Rock Center with Brian Williams.[3]

Since the canceling of Rock Center with Brian Williams, Smith has continued to report regularly on various NBC News platforms and substitute anchor on

Today
in a segment called "Sundays with Harry".

In the fall of 2015, Smith began regularly serving as co-host on the weekend edition of NBC's Today alongside his former colleague from The Early Show, Erica Hill. Smith is part of a rotating group of co-hosts filling the co-anchor chair since it was vacated by Lester Holt when he was named weekday anchor of NBC Nightly News.

Smith retired from NBC News in March 2024. In an on-air conversation with anchor Lester Holt following the broadcast of his final segment, Smith thanked viewers and NBC saying: "I have nothing but gratitude... Every time I would always come on this show, I was always welcomed so generously. I've had just this unbelievable array of phenomenal experiences since coming to NBC, and so I'm really full of nothing but gratitude. Every time I've come on, everyone would drop their phones, pay attention to the story and then respond."[4] In retirement, Smith returned to his alma mater, Central College, to teach.[4]

Personal life

Smith lives in New York City with his wife, sportscaster Andrea Joyce, and their two sons.

He is a

cyclist and regularly commutes on a folding bike to the NBC studios in New York City and he also rides a "racing" road bicycle.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^
    TV Newser
    .
  2. ^ "Harry Smith". CBS News. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  3. ^ Serjeant, Jill (July 11, 2011). "Harry Smith Joining new NBC News magazine show". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Kealey, Kate (March 29, 2024). "Harry Smith is retiring from NBC News and returning to Iowa". Des Moines Register. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  5. CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
    July 14, 2009.

External links

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