Shepard Smith

Overview

Born
January 14, 1964 · Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA
Birth name
David Shepard Smith Jr.
Nickname
- Shep
Height
1.80 m

Biography

Family

Spouse

Trademarks

His rapid-fire, sometimes sarcastic delivery of news

Trivia

A TV Guide poll declared Smith to be America's second most trusted news anchor.
Other major events that Smith covered include: President Bill Clinton's impeachment and trial (1998-1999); the Columbine High School massacre (1999); the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the subsequent war in Afghanistan; the Columbia Shuttle disaster in 2003; the war the United States waged against Iraq (2003-2011); 2005's Hurricane Katrina, covered from the French Quarter as an impending threat - and its aftermath from Mississippi, including the recovery efforts; the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005; and the Middle East conflict during the summer of 2006 from the Israel-Lebanon border. He was also one of only two television correspondents to witness the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in June of 2001.
His first job was putting food in paper bags and selling them.
Shepherd Smith has been portrayed on Saturday Night Live (1975) by Bill Hader.
Beginning his career as a reporter in Florida for WJHG (NBC) in Panama City, he went on to report for WBBH (NBC) in Fort Myers and WCPX (CBS) in Orlando, and WSVN (FOX) in Miami. Smith also served as a news reporter for the Twentieth Century Television syndicated program, A Current Affair (1986). In Los Angeles, he joined Fox News Edge (1998).

Quotes

[after hearing that President Barack Obama had announced his support for same-sex marriage] I am curious whether you believe in this time of rising debt and medical issues and all the rest, if Republicans would go out on a limb and try to make this a campaign issue while sitting very firmly without much question on the wrong side of history. (May 9, 2012)
On his final newscast]Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News and begin a new chapter. After requesting that I stay, they obliged.
New York was alive, and people were out and about, and they were being right with each other. I live in the Village. How many languages and every kind of people from every place on the planet! I used to walk to the subway station and hear every language-sometimes English-on the way. And all those people from all those places are all doing the same thing. They're being good to each other by wearing their masks and staying separate. I loved it
You know, man, I walk out in Greenwich Village and we have outdoor restaurants everywhere. And I walked by the Red Lion the other night -the famed Greenwich Village live music venue- and there was an amazing singer and guitar player in the doorway and they had socially distanced tables set up right on Bleecker Street, and it was fantastic
Violence should never be glorified or condoned. I don't wish harm on anyone. My colleagues, friends, and family don't either. Leaders have the power to inspire and influence. That power, used properly, can make us better. I hope we can disagree with civility and respect