Background
Smith's first professional reporting job was doing the crime beat for The Indianapolis Star. He then moved to Latvia to take a position at The Baltic Times, and also began reporting for Wall Street Journal Europe (until 2001). Smith has also written for the New York Sun (2002-2003), the New York Observer (2003-2006) and wrote a political column for the New York Daily News (2006-2007) Between 2004 and 2006, Smith also started three of the leading New York City political blogs, the Politicker, the Daily Politics, and Room Eight.
Smith wrote for the news outlet Politico from 2007-2011, joining as that site expanded and became frequently cited during the 2008 presidential election, and becoming one of its most prominent writers and bloggers.
In December 2011, he was named editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed. Smith explained that, although he would be leaving his Politico blog, he would still write for the publication on a weekly basis.
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