John Henry Smith
Host, All Things ConsideredJohn Henry Smith is Connecticut Public’s host of All Things Considered, its flagship afternoon news program. In his 19th 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.
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.
John was born in San Francisco, CA and raised in Detroit, Mich. He and his wife, Belinda, have a daughter, Isabella, and a beloved cat named “Scout.”
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The head of Connecticut’s largest teachers union is against the state imposing a vaccine mandate for school staff. The union wants a mask mandate instead.
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Landlord advocate talks about what landlords are dealing with trying to recover back rent due to pandemic. -
This hour, we talk about the future of low wage work. Many businesses are having to increase their wages and offer better benefits to attract workers.
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If your school-aged child’s already got an interest in a specific career -- like theater or aerospace engineering, for example -- there might be school for your child in Hartford where he or she could really focus on that interest.
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The state of Connecticut says the selling of recreational marijuana will be legal here in 2022. But Avon passed a marijuana sales ban this week. Avon Planning and Community Development Director Hiram Peck explained why on "All Things Considered."
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Newtown First Selectman explains why they are banning marijuana sales.
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DEEP biologist talks about invasive species in Connecticut, why they show up and how you can help stop them.
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Reporter Brenda Leon talks with John Henry Smith about her visit to Puerto Rico nearly 4 years after Hurricane Maria
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Interview with Hartford Jazz Festival President Charles Christie about the music returning live to Bushnell Park
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