Sally Bedell Smith
Encyclopedia
Sally Bedell Smith is an American historian and best selling author specializing in the history of American broadcasting and American political figures. She is married to former U.S. News & World Report
editor Stephen G. Smith.
, and The New York Times
. She won the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award
in 1982, and became a fellow at the Freedom Forum
Media Studies Center in 1986. In 1996, Smith joined Vanity Fair
as contributing editor
, where she remains as of October 2009.
She graduated from Radnor High School
in 1966, and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in November 2008. She received her B.A. from Wheaton College and her M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
editor Stephen G. Smith.
Career
Sally Bedell Smith spent her early career working at Time magazine, TV GuideTV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
, and 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...
. She won the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award
Sigma Delta Chi Award
The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists for excellence in journalism.- History :The Awards, according to the SPJ, did not begin in 1932 when the society chose six individuals for their contributions to journalism. In 1939 the awards program began...
in 1982, and became a fellow at the Freedom Forum
Freedom Forum
The Freedom Forum was created in 1991 under the direction of Al Neuharth, former publisher of USA Today newspaper. Funding was provided by a foundation started by publisher Frank E. Gannett in 1935, called the Gannett Foundation...
Media Studies Center in 1986. In 1996, Smith joined Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
as contributing editor
Contributing editor
A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. The contributing editor regularly contributes articles to the publication but does not actually edit articles, and the title...
, where she remains as of October 2009.
She graduated from Radnor High School
Radnor High School
Radnor High School is the only public high school in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania and is part of the Radnor Township School District. It lies along the Pennsylvania Main Line, a collection of highly affluent Philadelphia suburbs...
in 1966, and was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in November 2008. She received her B.A. from Wheaton College and her M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
External links
- Sally Bedell Smith's website
- Biography at The Chelsea Forum, a speakers bureau