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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“Left lane camping" means lingering in the far-left lane on highways. Starting Oct. 1, 2026, a new law will ticket offending drivers. Sen. Christine Cohen explains the bill she sponsored. -
UConn faces a $134M deficit, but its real crisis lies in a weak endowment, state cuts and tuition spikes. Former faculty leader Jeffrey Ogbar breaks down what’s at stake. -
Connecticut has the fifth worst road conditions in the country, according to federal data. Eric Jackson, executive director of the Connecticut Transportation Institute, says the ranking doesn’t entirely align with what he sees on the ground. -
Yale graduate and Tandem PV CEO Scott Wharton says Trump’s erratic tariffs are paralyzing investment and supply chains: “Even a good thing could be screwed up if you try hard enough.” -
The author of new book on weather forecasting hopes Pres. Trump is serious about fully staffing the NWS. Tom Weber lays out the consequences of understaffed field offices. -
The twice-convicted former governor of Connecticut said the pardon was a “wonderful final resolution” to a saga of fraud and corruption convictions spanning back decades. -
The shortfalls are sparking widespread concern and, in many communities, voter backlash, according to Fran Rabinowitz, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents. -
To keep Marissa Gillett on as head of PURA, Gov. Ned Lamont was once willing to do something unprecedented. Is that still the case now that Gillett is firmly back-in-place?
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Caroline O’Keefe, the team's communications manager, tells Connecticut Public the ownership is looking for possible investment opportunities in the team. -
Longtime Yale economist Robert Shiller sees difficult economic times ahead and draws parallels between today’s global trade uncertainty and the 1930s lead-up to World War II.
