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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Sportswriter Ian O’Connor said UConn coach Dan Hurley’s new memoir reveals a fierce competitor shaped by struggle, loyalty and drive. How soon until that drive takes him elsewhere? -
Time to "fall back" again. Yale's Dr. Lynelle Schneeberg has tips to deal with daylight saving time, insomnia, and the idea of why daylight saving time should end — and what we should replace it with. -
A Yale-Penn study increasingly cited by members of Congress warns that GOP plans to cut Affordable Care Act subsidies could cost 50,000 American lives each year. One of the authors says that's not all. -
A leading addiction specialist says rehab offers time for the brain to reset and teaches strategies to manage cravings and emotional triggers. -
As UConn athletes prepare to share $20.5 million under new NCAA rules, former faculty union president Jeffrey Ogbar says many professors fear being left behind. -
Married Connecticut entrepreneurs talk about bringing the love to their Hartford restaurant — a love of Caribbean food and love of community. -
August is National Black Business month. Hartford-based lobbyist and business owner Chris Cloud reflects on building a government relations firm and advising clients through change. -
Southbury First Selectman Jeff Manville reflects on what's gone right, what's gone wrong, and what gives him hope as his town recovers from the 2024 floods. -
For Dyshann Anderson, winning new clients starts with showing up — even when he’d prefer to work quietly behind the scenes. -
Connecticut’s housing shortage is a drag on its labor market and economy. CT Public housing reporter Abigail Brone says the politics of fixing it remain fraught.
