Gina Smith (author)
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Regina Patricia Smith Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD, Clinical Psychology; MA, Psychology, BA, English, BS, Chemistry |
| Alma mater | Florida State University |
| Occupation | Author, Journalist, Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Journalism |
| Relatives | Svetomir Đukić (maternal grandfather) |
| Website | ginasmith |
Gina Smith is an American entrepreneur, author, and journalist who co-wrote Steve Wozniak's 2006 autobiography iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It. She is also a co-founder and editorial director of aNewDomain, a technology news site. In 2001, Smith was named one of the 100 most influential people in technology by Upside Magazine.
From 1990 to 2000, Smith wrote the "Inside Silicon Valley" technology column in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle. During that time, she was a investigative news reporter for PC Week, senior editor at PC/Computing magazine, and later, as of 1994, she was the editor-in-chief of IDG's Electronic Entertainment magazine. From 1993 to 1997, she hosted On Computers with Gina Smith and Leo Laporte and from 1997 to 2000 she hosted ABC Radio's "Connected with Gina Smith," a radio call-in show that ran in syndication.
In 1995, she co-hosted, with John Levine, an educational PBS special The Internet Show: Drivers' Education for the Internet Superhighway.
Also in 1995 ABC News hired Smith as a technology correspondent., where she covered technology news for ABC News' Nightline with Ted Koppel, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and Good Morning America.
Smith hosted the ESPN weekly series, "Nothing But Net," with Pat O'Brien in 1995 and 1996.She also hosted a daily tech news show on the Discovery Channel in 1996 and 1997 called Cyberlife.Cyberlife was nominated for a CableACE award in the Business/Consumer Programming Special or Series category in 1997.
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