John Henry Smith
Host, All Things ConsideredJohn Henry Smith is Connecticut Public’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 The Vote: A Connecticut Conversation. In his 21st year as a professional broadcaster, he’s covered both news and sports.
Before coming to Connecticut Public, John Henry served as Sports Director for NBC Connecticut 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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Your finished basement might feel cozy, but if it lacks a second exit, it could be a deadly fire trap. West Haven officials explain how to stay safe — and legal. -
Ernie Tedeschi of the Yale Budget Lab talks tariffs in terms impact on CT, ability to bring manufacturing back to the U.S., and what we all should—and shouldn't—be doing now to prepare. -
The UConn Blog co-editor says Bueckers is one of the team’s all-time greats: “It's Diana, it's Maya, it's Stewie and it's Paige.” -
CT is debating a bill that would give the incarcerated more chances to get their sentences reduced. One advocate says it's about fairness & money. What do victims say? -
March 2020 brought the first confirmed case of COVID-19 to Connecticut. What followed was a crisis that would soon overwhelm hospitals, shutter businesses and alter daily life in ways few could have imagined. -
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, its protections are under threat. Connecticut Public's Khalilah Brown-Dean breaks down its impact, challenges and what’s at stake. -
An anti-death penalty activist hopes Connecicut will stop companies here from profiting from executions elsewhere. He makes the case for why. -
A Connecticut community has taken another step toward reckoning with its past history of slavery. For the first time ever, the town has named a street after a person who was enslaved there and walked that path each day. -
AI legislation did not make it through in the last legislative session. State Sen. James Maroney tells you why he thinks things will be different this time around. -
Enfield Republicans say no one wanted to join the town's DEI committee. Enfield Democrats say the GOP-dominated town council never supported it.
