Later life Vincent Smith (television presenter)

1 later life

1.1 newspaper journalist
1.2 radio announcer
1.3 7 network
1.4 return radio
1.5 mbe award
1.6 author

later life
newspaper journalist

smith began journalistic career west australian in 1960s, before switching australian followed national times.

radio announcer

in 1970s, smith became announcer afternoon radio show on 2ue in sydney – current affairs program, working close friend mike carlton.

smith later became news director @ 2ue in late 1970s.

seven network

smith became news director @ atn 7 in sydney in 1981, australian women s weekly reporting:

news director vincent smith, newsroom revamp major step , bring dramatic change of image. want develop concept of authoritative, mature news, smith said, ve tried recruit team of mature on-air journalists. tv news today seems orientated toward youth can give naive image. our new unlike seen before on australian television. ll reinforce business-like authority viewers can toward authoritative news coverage.

atn-7 reportedly spent $500,000 in revamp of newsroom. revamp included following changes:

departure of veteran news presenter roger climpson dual newsreader;
ross symonds took on chief news presenter;
ten new journalists, including kerry o brien (formerly 4-corners on abc-tv), jim cannon (perth), michelle schofield (abc) , kay stammers (ten-10).

in december 1981, speculation rife surrounding future of george negus on 9 s 60 minutes, sydney morning herald reporting smith , negus had been seen having lunch @ media hangout eric s seafoods fish cafe in crows nest, significant (the article implied) because smith news director atn-7

the meeting negus seen in context of smith s revamp of 7 s newsroom previous month. reported have said there 1 lunch – , re friends , , in same article jacqueline lee lewes writes smith, who, must said, rather enjoying fuss 1 matey meeting has caused .

smith hosted 7 network news program 11am several years during 1980s.

return radio

smith left 7 in 1986 , returned radio, becoming producer john laws show @ 2gb in sydney.

moving adelaide in late 1980s, hosted radio talk-back programs on 5dn , 5aa, hosting morning talk-back show @ latter right last month of life.

mbe award

in 1980, smith awarded mbe services journalism , conservation.

as author

harper , row published smith s book, novel titled musco, blue whale, in 1978.

reviewer l.v. kepert wrote in sydney morning herald: future of whales , morality of whaling have become major issues, australian author vincent smith has produced in musco, blue whale ... book both story , tract. whales side of case survival ...

kepert described 1 of smith s descriptive , more anthropomorphic paragraphs gush breathless romance : reflected on set of head, way thrust powerfully forward , down blowholes fine line of tightly closed jaw ... nika noted in musco smug expression tempered somehow overall of humour ... liked whale.

kepert told readers smith had ... done research. whales migratory habits, diet, physiology, family , group patterns, doubtless scientist sees them.