Tracy Smith Biography
Tracy Smith is a journalist from the United States working as the CBS News correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning and 48 Hours. She is a versatile correspondent who is equally at ease interviewing actor and comedian Billy Crystal as she is confronting outspoken New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
How old is Tracy Smith? – Age
She is 52 years old as of 7 November 2020. She was born in 1968 in Wyoming, United States.
Who is Tracy Smith married to? – Twins- Family
Smith married CBS News Sunday Morning producer John D’Amelio in August 1994. The couple welcomed twins, John Jr. and Gia, in March 2008.
Tracy Smith Salary
She earns an annual salary of $75,000.
Tracy Smith Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $20 million.
Tracy Smith CBS – Career
She has covered news, the arts, pop culture, and celebrity interviews on “CBS Sunday Morning,” including pop star Kelly Clarkson, radio host Howard Stern, rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent, and actor Michael Douglas. She’s also written about medical breakthroughs in treating pediatric cancer, efforts to control the mosquito population, and couples who choose not to have children.
She reported a groundbreaking and critically acclaimed broadcast on bullying, another on dating violence, and another on surviving sexual abuse on “48 Hours.” Smith was also a member of the team that won an Emmy for “Caught,” a “48 Hours” documentary about the Boston Marathon bombing. Smith has also covered major national and international news events at CBS News, including the September 11 terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, and the 2008 presidential campaign.
Smith began working for CBS News in 2000. She worked as a national correspondent for “The Early Show” at CBS News. She has also co-anchored the “Saturday Early Show” and has reported for the “CBS Evening News” on a variety of topics. Prior to joining CBS News, Smith worked as an anchor and reporter for Channel One News, where her series of reports on adolescent abuse earned her a Golden Hugo from The Chicago International Film Festival. She also covered the rise of neo-Nazis in Germany, the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in Israel, the civil war in Southern Sudan, the war in Chechnya, the long-term effects of Chernobyl, and the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda for Channel One News.
Smith previously worked as a part-time reporter for KERO-TV, a CBS affiliate in Bakersfield, California. Smith’s work has also received four Gracie Allen awards from the Association of Women in Television, seven National Educational Media Network Awards, a Golden Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival, a Gold World Medal from the New York Festivals, and a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council. She received four Daytime Emmy Awards as a member of the “CBS Sunday Morning” team, which was named Outstanding Morning Program.