Evan Smith (journalist)

Evan Smith (born April 20, 1966) is an American journalist. He is the CEO of The Texas Tribune and host of the weekly interview program "Overheard with Evan Smith."[1]

Evan Smith
Evan Smith at the LBJ Presidential Library.
Born (1966-04-20) April 20, 1966
New York, New York
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican

Early life and education

Born in New York, Smith has a bachelor's degree in public policy from Hamilton College and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (which inducted him into its Hall of Achievement in April 2006).[2][3]

Career

Since September 2010, he has hosted "Overheard with Evan Smith," a weekly interview program produced by KLRU that airs on PBS stations nationally.[4]


Texas Monthly

Smith joined the staff of Texas Monthly as a senior editor in January 1992.[5] In February 1993, he was promoted to deputy editor, and in July 2000, he was made editor.[6] 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.[7][8][9]


Texas Tribune

Smith co-founded the Texas Tribune, an online, nonprofit, non-partisan public media organization, with Austin venture capitalist John Thornton and veteran journalist Ross Ramsey. It launched on November 3, 2009.[10][11]

References
  1. "NY Times Ends Texas Tribune Partnership". Adweek. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. "WEDDINGS; Julia A. Null, Evan A. Smith". 24 April 1994 – via NYTimes.com.
  3. "Page Not Found - Medill - Northwestern University". www.medill.northwestern.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2008-12-01. Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. "Evan Smith". PBS. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. "Evan Smith: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. "Interview: Evan Smith". PRWeek. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  7. Pérez-Peña, Richard. "Texas Monthly's Longtime Editor Leaves the Magazine for a Local Web Start-up".
  8. Robert Wilonsky. "Texas Monthly's President, Evan Smith, Will Now Be CEO of New Texas Tribune". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  9. Pérez-Peña, Richard (17 July 2009). "Web News Start-Up Has Its Eye on Texas" – via NYTimes.com.
  10. "For the Texas Tribune, "events are journalism" — and money makers". Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  11. "What makes the Texas Tribune's event business so successful?". Nieman Foundation for Journalism. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
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