Hedrick Smith
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Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize
-winning former reporter and editor for The New York Times
, an Emmy Award
-winning producer/correspondent for the PBS show Frontline, and author of several books.
He was educated at The Choate School
(now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut
and at Williams College
, and did graduate work at Oxford University. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1962 to 1988. He won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1974 for stories from Russia and Eastern Europe.
Smith has been a Nieman Fellow.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning former reporter and editor for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning producer/correspondent for the PBS show Frontline, and author of several books.
He was educated at The Choate School
Choate Rosemary Hall
Choate Rosemary Hall is a private, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut...
(now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census.- History :Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to 38 planters and freemen...
and at Williams College
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
, and did graduate work at Oxford University. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1962 to 1988. He won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1974 for stories from Russia and Eastern Europe.
Smith has been a Nieman Fellow.
List of PBS productions
- Frontline: After Gorbachev's USSR
- Frontline: Bigger than Enron
- Frontline: Can You Afford to Retire?
- Frontline: Dr. Solomon's Dilemma
- Frontline: Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev
- Frontline: Inside the Terror Network
- Frontline: Is Walmart Good for America?
- Frontline: Tax Me If You Can
- Frontline: The Wall Street Fix
- Frontline: Poisoned Waters
Books authored
- The Russians (1975) ISBN 9780812905212
- The Power Game (1988)
- The New Russians (1990)
- Rethinking America (1995)