Featuring Harry Smith: Reporter and Television Journalist

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | Lynn Hallstrom Detrick Concert Hall, PRAx

America As I See It with Harry Smith

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"They say history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. Seems more like an echo to me. And the echo is growing in strength. History sure seems like it’s speaking to me. Do you hear what I hear?"

Recipient of Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award, acclaimed journalist Harry Smith brings his more than 40-years of experience in American news to Corvallis to shed light on the dark places, and navigate the twists and turns of the constantly shifting American cultural and political landscape.

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Harry Smith is a professor at his Alma mater Central College in Pella, Iowa, where he teaches a seminar on curiosity and adaptability. Until spring of 2025 Smith was a reporter for NBC News. Before that he worked as a reporter and anchor at CBS News. He also hosted Biography at A&E. Smith has reported multiple stories from all fifty states and filed pieces from each continent. 

Smith has interviewed a passel of presidents and plenty of superstars. In a network career spanning nearly forty years. Smith often found his favorite stories in places far from the headlines. He has won four Emmys, a Peabody and is the recipient of The Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award.