
John Henry Smith
Host, All Things ConsideredJohn Henry Smith is º£½Ç»»ÆÞ’s host of All Things Considered, its flagship afternoon news program. He's proud to be a part of the team that won a regional Emmy Award for . In his 21st year as a professional broadcaster, he’s covered both news and sports.
Before coming to º£½Ç»»ÆÞ, John Henry served as Sports Director for NBC º£½Ç»»ÆÞ and as a Public Relations Specialist for Baldwin Media in New Britain.
Earlier in his career, John Henry spent a year-and-a-half as a news anchor and reporter for News 12 Networks. While there, he won a Deadline Award for his breaking news coverage of a shooting at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital. He’s also worked in various roles across the country, including as a morning show reporter and anchor for nationally broadcast Al Jazeera America in New York City, as a sports reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area for Comcast Sports Net Bay Area, and as a sports anchor Raleigh, Miami, and New Orleans.
John is a 1990 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. He worked as a Financial Analyst in the banking industry before getting a M.B.A. from the University of Rochester (New York) and going to work for Eli Lilly and Company. He also earned his masters degree from Syracuse University in 1999 in Broadcast Journalism and TV, Radio, and Film.
John was born in San Francisco, CA and raised in Detroit, Mich. He and his wife, Belinda, have a daughter, Isabella.
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Alan Parker, abogado especializado en planificación patrimonial de Pullman & Comley, resalta la importancia de este proceso para garantizar que los bienes de las personas se repartan según sus deseos.
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