Matthew F Smith
Matthew Smith is a reporter and producer of WGCU’s Gulf Coast Live.
Originally from Delaware, he moved to Alaska in 2010 for his first job in radio. He spent five years working as a radio and television reporter, as well as a radio producer, talk show host, and news director at stations across Alaska, where his reporting received awards from the Alaska Press Club and the Alaska Broadcasters Association. Relocating to southwest Florida, he spent several months producing television news before joining WGCU as the Gulf Coast Live producer in August 2016.
Matthew studied English and journalism at Villanova University in Villanova, PA, where he wrote for the school newspaper and other school publications. He taught English as a Second Language for several years before pursuing a career in journalism.
-
Despite a months-long season for red snapper in state waters off Florida and other Gulf states, fisherman across the Gulf of Mexico are gearing up to...
-
It’s been six months and a full legislative session since the Florida Kids Count survey ranked the quality of life for children in the state among the...
-
There's a growing need for blood in Southwest Florida during the summer months. A traditionally low point for demand in the area, blood banks say they...
-
Just this month Brazil—the country where experts say the Zika virus first arose— ended its nationwide health emergency related to the virus . The World...
-
Women are frequently encouraged to learn self-defense techniques , evaluate dangerous situations , and to remain alert for potential predators. The...
-
A brood of salt marsh mosquitoes borne from high tides along Southwest Florida’s coastal mangroves descended on Collier County this week, unleashing a ...
-
On his first day at work at Lee Memorial Hospital, 44 years ago, Jim Nathan wrote that he expected the job to last just a year, long enough to meet a...
-
Every county in Southwest Florida has logged at least one violation according to a new report on the nation’s tap water. Some had as many as six.
-
A statewide assessment of dental health needs found nearly a third of older adults in Florida aren't getting the early dental care they need. That lack...
-
A march designed to defend the role science plays in "our health, safety, economies, and governments" is taking place Saturday— Earth Day —in Washington...