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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Police say Flock license plate readers help fight crime. But residents and some Connecticut lawmakers worry the technology is creating an invasive web of surveillance that tracks everyday motorists. -
Connecticut's long-term care ombudsman says staffing concerns at Bickford were known long before Peggy Healy's death — but frightened families often hesitated to file formal complaints. -
Connecticut's Attorney General is vowing to fight Eversource's proposed rate hike, including a request to recover years of storm costs. The battle is just beginning. -
A $3,000 TV, a Walmart return, and a future soccer superstar! A Connecticut camp remembers alum Rodrigo "Rodri" Hernández before he plays in Sunday's World Cup final. -
Connecticut climbed to 23rd in CNBC's Top States for Business rankings. We asked the man behind the study what the state is doing right—and where it's falling behind. -
Connecticut has confirmed two measles cases this year—including one in a vaccinated adult. A Yale infectious disease expert explains why most residents still shouldn't panic. -
A New Haven refugee organization says immigrant families should prepare now for possible deportations and family separations following the Supreme Court's TPS decision. -
Connecticut's Haitian community is bracing for uncertainty after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end TPS protections. -
In his first public comments since retiring, former CSCU President Mark Ojakian defends CSCU consolidation and says underfunding—not structure—is the real problem. -
CCSU faculty and administrators are clashing over a proposed R2 comprehensive polytechnic model. We compared their competing claims with independent evidence.
