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Steven A. Smith

Steven A. Smith is veteran newspaper journalist who recently retired from teaching at the School of Journalism and Mass Media at the University of Idaho. He was, until October 1st, 2008, editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, and now writes a column for a faith and values website based in Spokane.

What a retired journalist learned about re-learning to write

What a retired journalist learned about re-learning to write

First, the COVID lockdown. Then retirement.After nearly 40 years as a news professional and 10 as a journalism professor at the University of Idaho, I found myself isolated and bored.…
April 22, 2021
What's in a 50-year-old photo? The lingering gutwrench of the Vietnam War

What’s in a 50-year-old photo? The lingering gutwrench of the Vietnam War

I remember seeing the photo for the first time.It was spring, 1968. I was 17 years old, a high school senior who would register for the draft that coming June.…
May 24, 2019