Eric Smith Email & Phone Number

Eden Prairie, Mn

Omaha, Ne

Covered the fitness and health scene in Omaha. That includes covering a handful of marathons, as well as writing about other races around the state. I'm also on top of the health scene around Nebraska and writing inspiring features of people who have overcome serious health challenges.

Palmdale, Ca

Spent two years as the beat writer for the Lancaster JetHawks, the Class A Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, delivering relentless beat work while covering top prospects such as Carlos Correa and Mark Appel. Covered multiple Stanley Cup playoffs games and the 2013 Rose Bowl while providing top-notch coverage of local athletes in JUCO and prep sports. Won numerous awards for feature writing and also covered national news stories such as the Manti Te'o/Ronaiah Tuiasosopo hoax and the Josh Shaw/USC hoax.

Contributed weekly high school and youth sports feature stories for The Glendale Republic. I covered newsworthy high school athletes or teams and occasionally covered youth sports as well. I also covered high school football games on a weekly basis, meeting strict and tight deadlines. Furthermore, I also contributed to a weekly sports notes section for The Glendale Republic.

Blog about local sports topics around Phoenix regarding the Arizona Diamondbacks, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Coyotes and Arizona State University. I also cover some local news when necessary.

Covered Sun Devil track and field, adhering to strict daily and weekly deadlines, wrote meet previews and recaps. Also produced feature stories and ideas ranging between 600-1000 words.

Wrote seven articles (five feature-length), fact-checked colleagues’ work and contributed to student-led effort to produce two pages of the fall 2010 issue. The Cronkite Journal is a magazine produced yearly by the Cronkite School focusing on the activities and programs of students, faculty and alumni.

I produce and create photographic slideshows for a variety of professional, collegiate and high school sporting events that are then put online to compliment stories and add another dimension of a multimedia aspect to the story. I also help manage different content and decide what stories are put on the main sports pages for azcentral.com.

Contributed breaking news in a fast paced, high-pressured setting for the city of Mesa. Covered mostly police write-ups and other breaking news.

Contributed weekly high school and youth sports feature stories for The Southwest Valley Republic as well as The Surprise Republic. I mostly covered interesting high school athletes or teams and occasionally covered youth sports as well.