Evan Smith is a senior adviser at Emerson Collective, for which he advises nonprofit local news orgs around the country. He’s also a senior adviser at the Texas Tribune, the pioneering nonprofit digital news organization he cofounded in 2009 and led for more than thirteen years as CEO; a Distinguished Fellow in Journalism at the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy; and a contributing writer at the Atlantic. Previously he spent eighteen years at Texas Monthly, including nine years as the magazine’s editor in chief and a year as its president. Evan is the host of Overheard with Evan Smith, a weekly half-hour interview program that airs on PBS stations around the country. A native of New York, he's a graduate of Hamilton College, which awarded him an honorary degree in 2023, and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, which inducted him into its Hall of Achievement in 2006.
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Jamaican Ackera Nugent right had to settle for second in the women s 60m hurdles.
Jamaican Ackera Nugent finished second behind a blistering run from Chanel Brissett in the final of the women’s 60m hurdles day two of the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday.
The 18-year-old Nugent formerly of Excelsior High and now a freshman of Baylor University clocked 7.98 for her second-place finish, a day after she stormed to an impressive 7.91 seconds in the preliminary round to equal the Under-20 world record.
Brissett of the University of Texas and a former national champion blazed to victory with a school-record of 7.89 seconds. Her time was a lifetime-best, moved her into a tie for eighth place in NCAA history, and gave the 21-year-old possession of the NCAA lead. It was the sixth-fastest time in the world this year as well.