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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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. -
Hamden’s new property assessments are pushing tax bills sharply higher despite a cut to the mill rate. Mayor Lauren Garrett says the damage could spread across Connecticut. -
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.
