Fraser Smith
Fraser Smith has been in the news business for over 30 years. He began his reportorial career with the Jersey Journal, a daily New Jersey newspaper and then moved on to the Providence Journal in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1969 Fraser won a prestigious American Political Science Association Public Affairs Fellowship, which enabled him to devote a year to graduate study at Yale University. In 1977, Fraser was hired away by The Baltimore Sun where in 1981, he moved to the newspaper's Washington bureau to focus on policy problems and their everyday effect on Marylanders. In 1983, he became the Sun's chief political reporter.
During his career as a reporter, Fraser was the recipient of numerous journalism awards: from UPI New England in 1973, from AP New England in 1974 and 1975, from Roy W. Howard in 1975, from Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association in 1981, and from Sigma Delta Chi in 1986. His Sun series on lead paint poisoning, which he wrote with his wife, Eileen Canzian, won first place and best of show honors in 1987 from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association. Between 1999 and 2003, he has served as an editorial writer and columnist for the Sun.
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NewsFraser Smith and WYPR's John Lee talk about maneuvering in Baltimore County to repeal the storm water management fee. -
NewsWYPR's Senior News Analyst says city police commanders should have known about "rough rides" and done something. -
NewsFraser Smith and Tim Wheeler, of the Baltimore Sun, talk about Baltimore's crumbling water and sewer infrastructure, the cost of fixing it and how to...
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Back in the day, pigs arrived in Charm City by train and hit the streets running on their way to the breakfast table. They were doomed, of course. But… -
NewsFraser Smith and Dr. Mileah Kromer, of the Goucher Poll, discuss the latest numbers in the Democratic presidential primary. They show that former...
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NewsWYPR's senior news analyst says the city's biggest employer offers the city's neediest neighborhoods a hand up.
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NewsFraser Smith and Bryan Sears, of the Daily Record, discuss Governor Larry Hogan's move to cut some fees and what that means for the state budget.
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Fraser Smith and WYPR's John Lee talk about efforts to increase the size of the Baltimore County Council.
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NewsFraser Smith and Kenneth Burns, of the WYPR news team, talk about the Baltimore police union's dissatisfaction with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake.
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NewsFraser Smith and Andrew Green, of the Baltimore Sun. talk about the crowded Democratic primary for Baltimore's mayor, just hours before incumbent...
