CK Smith
CK Smith is a writer, editor, and educator from Tampa. She taught high school journalism, creative writing, and musical theatre and served as newspaper and yearbook adviser. She began her journalism career as founder and editor-in-chief of her high school paper and earned degrees in Mass Communications and English Literature and graduated in December 2021 with her MA in Journalism from NYU.
CK relies on experiences in education administration, as the owner of an events planning company, and as a freelance writer. She maintained a daily sports blog, copy edited projects like dissertations, depositions, and training manuals, and created her own stories.
She current works for a local ABC affiliate as their weekend planner and data journalist, teaches communications and journalism at a university, and works with AJO’s Writing Center and The Click! as a editor and coach.
March 1, 2022
Your 2022 State of the Union Primer
Like so many things uniquely American, much of what we do surrounding the State of the Union relies more on […]
January 11, 2022
Podcast: Journalism / Mythinformation withJane Lytvynenko
Journalism / Mythinformation is a podcast that focuses on journalists of today and the challenges they face during this era […]
January 11, 2022
Podcast: Journalism / Mythinformation with Hayes Brown
Journalism / Mythinformation is a podcast that focuses on journalists of today and the challenges they face during this era […]
December 13, 2021
How COVID-19 Affected College: One Student’s Story
(TAMPA, Fla.) — An athlete, a scholar, and an aspiring journalist, Joshua McDonald is 19 years old and a sophomore […]
November 21, 2021
An Afternoon at Dissent Craft Brewery
Nestled in an industrial part of northeast St. Petersburg, Fla., Dissent Craft Brewery is the local watering hole for newcomers […]