Jason Smith

Jason Smith is the Director of Customer Impact & Special Projects at The Associated Press. Jason has over 25 years of experience in the news industry, starting as a writer and producer at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh. From there, they moved to WIS-TV in South Carolina as a producer before becoming a supervising producer and online producer at KSNW-TV in Wichita, Kansas. Jason then ventured into the world of internet television, serving as executive producer at Zatso.com and contributing freelance work to KNTV-TV and ZDTV. In 2000, they returned to traditional television news, joining the team at The Associated Press. In their current role, Jason is responsible for leading customer impact initiatives and developing special projects.

Jason Smith has a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Jason also has a Bachelor’s Degree in Managerial Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. Jason Smith is certified from the Pragmatic Institute in PMC Level III and is also a Pragmatic Certified Product Manager.

Some of their coworkers include Andy Wormser - Director, Support & Project Management, Hamed Akhgar - Director, Technology Solutions, and Ken Dale - CFO. Jason Smith reports to Daisy Veerasingham, CEO.