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Prof. Timothy D. Smith joined the School
of Journalism and Mass Communication faculty
at Kent State University in 1986 after working
for 19 years for the Akron Beacon Journal,
leaving as managing editor. He has also
worked for the Columbus Dispatch, the Painesville
Telegraph and United Press International.
He
has bachelor's and master's degrees in
journalism from Ohio State University and
a law degree from the University of Akron.
He is the founder and director of the Ohio
Center for Privacy and the First
Amendment, which specializes in
access-to-government issues, headquartered
at KSU.
In
1991, while on leave from the university,
he served as a law clerk for now-retired
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Craig Wright.
In June 1991, he was named acting director
of the School, a post he held until June
1994, when he returned to teaching
reporting and media law courses. He has
served as adviser to the Daily Kent Stater,
the student newspaper, and is now legal
adviser for all student media.
In
addition to his teaching duties, Smith
serves as a newspaper consultant, an
expert witness in media law cases and as a
lecturer on media relations, libel,
invasion of privacy and public records
issues. He is a member of the American and
Ohio State bar associations and a founding
member of the National Freedom of
Information Coalition.
In
1996, he was given the John S. Knight award
for excellence in the service of journalism
by the Buckeye Chapter of the Society for
Professional Journalists. In 1997, he was
selected as a fellow of the American Society
of Newspaper Editors Journalism Excellence
program, a summer newspaper residency for
journalism professors. In 2000, he was one
of three faculty members to receive the
Distinguished Teaching Award from the Kent
State University Alumni Association and
the University Foundation. He was on Professional
Development Leave in Fall 2003, working
in the Portage County Public Defenders Office.
Smith
and his wife, Jane, an Akron school
teacher, have three grown children,
Randall, Rachel and Bryan.
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