Tracy Smith is a

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news correspondent for ''

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'' and '' 48 Hours''. Smith is a former

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anchor and correspondent. She served as both co-anchor of the ''Saturday Early Show'' and a national correspondent for ''The Early Show'' from August 2005 through May 2007. Smith was succeeded by

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Early years

Smith was born in

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. She graduated cum laude with a

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degree from

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in 1990. She subsequently earned a

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in broadcast journalism from the

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in 1993. In August 1993, Smith married CBS News Sunday Morning producer John D'Amelio, with whom she has two children. In April 2015, The Wilbur Award for the best "Television & Cable News: Network or national syndication" was awarded to Smith as correspondent; her husband, John D'Amelio, as producer; and Lauren Barnello, as producer/editor for the ''CBS Sunday Morning'' show "Heavenly Voices."Religion Communicators Council: "Wilbur Award 2015 Tracy Smith, CBS Sunday Morning"
May 3, 2015

References

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