Roger P. Smith

Roger P. Smith is an author of note and a writer of network nonfiction TV. A pioneer in public service television, production and films, he knows his subject from the inside, having written over 100 nonfiction scripts for television. He is especially qualified to comment on the industry. His degree in Philosophy and Literature from Yale University found him a niche in the CBS executive training program in 1955, where he stayed for many years. He later worked at leading public stations including WGBH (Boston), WTTW (Chicago), and WNET (New York); and he later became an independent producer, a President of the Production House, Inc. (in MA) and Media Consulting & Production (in CA).He has received Television’s most prestigious awards: the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Ohio State, George Foster Peabody and others. Smith does not point a finger at a list of TV functionaries, but analyzes the interaction of commercial TV, economics, politics, and public attitudes on both commercial and noncommercial television.