David Andrew Smith

David Andrew Smith (born March 5, 1952) is the Deputy Director of the United Nations Information Office in Washington DC. He was formerly an award-winning TV correspondent with ITN and Channel 4 News. In January 2008, The Daily Telegraph identified him as one of the most influential Britons in America.

Biography

Smith was born in 1952, the son of John and Patricia Smith. He was educated at Oxford University, where he received BA Hons and MA. He was a Reuters correspondent in Spain and Italy between 1975 and 1978 and then, working for ITN and Channel 4 News, reported from Africa and was Middle East Correspondent, Moscow Correspondent, Diplomatic Correspondent and United States Correspondent. While working as a TV correspondent, he wrote two books, a biography of Robert Mugabe and a study of Israel's relationship with the Palestinians. In 2004, he joined the United Nations Information Office in Washington, D.C., where he is now deputy director and link man for secretary general Ban Ki Moon.

Awards

International Reporting Award, Royal Television Society, London 1983
Gold Medal, New York Television Festival, 2000

Publications

Mugabe, a biography, (Sphere Books, London, 1981) ISBN 0-7221-7868-9
Prisoners of God, the Modern-day conflict of Arab and Israeli (Quartet Books, London 1987) ISBN 0-7043-2607-8

References

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