Tracy Smith Profile

Tracy Smith is an American Emmy Award-winning news anchor/reporter working for CBS. She is thrilled to work with the CBS news team. 

Tracy Smith Education

Mentioning education, Smith graduated cum laude from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in broadcasting journalism from Southern California University.

Tracy Smith’s Career

Smith serves at CBS as a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley” and “48 Hours.” She is a versatile correspondent who is similarly adept at interviewing actor and comedian Billy Crystal as she goes head-to-head with controversial New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Her work on “CBS Sunday Morning” featured news, arts, pop culture, and celebrity interviews such as pop singer Kelly Clarkson, radio personality Howard Stern, artist and producer 50 Cent, and actor Michael Douglas. She has also documented such varied subjects as technological breakthroughs in the treatment of childhood cancer, attempts to control the mosquito population, and couples opting to go childless. At 48 Hours, she recorded a ground-breaking and widely lauded broadcast on the issue of assault, another on dating violence, and one on overcoming sexual exploitation.

Smith was also part of the team that won an Emmy for “Caught,” the “48 Hours” broadcast of the Boston Marathon bombing. At CBS News, Smith has reported big national and world news stories such as the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Hurricane Katrina, the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, and the presidential campaign of 2008. While at CBS News, she was the national reporter for “The Early Show.”

She also co-anchored the “Saturday Early Show” and wrote on a number of subjects for the “CBS Evening News.” Prior to CBS News, Smith was an anchor and reporter for Channel One News, where her series of stories on teenagers in abusive relationships won her Golden Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival.

Quick Facts About Smith

Channel One News has focused on 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-standing consequences of Chornobyl, and the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda. Before Channel One News, Smith worked as a part-time correspondent for KERO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Bakersfield, California.

Smith’s career has since won four prizes from the Gracie Allen Association of Women in Entertainment, seven awards from the National Educational Media Network, a Golden Hugo award from the Chicago International Film Festival, a Gold World Medal from the New York Festival, and a Wilbur Award from the Faith Communicators Council. She received four Daytime Emmy Awards as part of the “CBS Sunday Morning” team named Outstanding Morning Show.

Tracy Smith Age

Smith was born in 1966 in Wyoming, United States (she is 55 years old as of 2021.) It is however not known when she celebrates her birthday.

Tracy Smith Height

Smith stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches.

Tracy Smith Family

Information regarding  Smith’s parents and siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.

Tracy Smith Husband and children

Smith is a married woman. She is married to John D’Amelio, the CBS News Sunday Morning producer. The couple married in August 1994 and has twins, John Jr., and Gia D’Amelio.

Tracy Smith Salary

Being one of the top correspondents for CBS, Smith earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.

Tracy Smith’s Net Worth

Smith has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $5 million which she has earned through her successful career as a journalist.

Tracy Smith CBS News

At CBS News Smith works alongside;

1. Jeffrey Pegues
2. Jamie Yuccas
3. Susan Zirinsky
4. Mireya Villarreal
5. Bill Whitaker
6. Holly Williams
7. Omar Villafranca
8. Peter Van Sant
9. Imtiaz Tyab
10. Jonathan Vigliotti
11. Susan Spencer
12. Bob Schieffer
13. Serena Altschul
14. David Begnaud