Harry Smith (US journalist)
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| Born |
August 21, 1951 Lansing, Illinois, United States |
| Education |
Bachelor of Arts (communications and theater) Central College Pella, Iowa |
| Occupation | Journalist, news anchor |
| Years active | Since 1973 |
| Notable credit(s) | See prose |
| Spouse(s) | Andrea Joyce |
| Children | Two sons |
Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951) is an American television journalist, working for NBC News. 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 to become a correspondent for NBC News and the now cancelled newsmagazine Rock Center with Brian Williams. He currently serves as a contributing correspondent for NBC News and CNBC. Additionally, he has served as an anchor for MSNBC, conducting daytime live coverage of breaking news and events since first appearing in November 2015).
He was born in Lansing, Illinois.
Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and theater from Central College, located in Pella, Iowa.
Smith began his broadcasting career at Denver, Colorado, radio stations KHOW and KIMN and Cincinnati, Ohio, radio station WLW (1973–81). 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 CBS affiliate in Denver. 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 CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 48 Hours, and CBS News documentaries. The majority of his time at CBS was spent anchoring the CBS morning show. From 1987 to 1996, he served as a co-anchor CBS This Morning. After leaving the show, Smith was featured on the CBS Evening news in a weekly report called "Travels with Harry," which looked at unique people and places around the country. Starting in 1999, he hosted the A&E Network television series Biography and The History Channel's Modern Marvels.
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