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Andy Smith

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I make magazines. Publisher, @CharlotteMag & @CharlotteParent. Co-✏️, @HiFructoseMag: New Contemporary Fashion (Abrams Books). Back on Twitter (again). WV-born.

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Andy Smith is a freelance writer and editor based in Charlotte, N.C. He began his career as a writer and copy editor at newspapers in West Virginia, where he was raised. He currently serves two roles for Charlotte magazine: arts editor and web editor. He continues to freelance for other publications, including Vital, Outreach, Creative Loafing, and others.

Andy Smith’s Journalist Portfolio

Works in Progress: Kids Making Art in Charlotte

Works in Progress: Kids Making Art in Charlotte

PHOTOGRAPHS BY LOGAN CYRUS ON A BRISK JANUARY MORNING, 11-year-old Ali Tao Clark is jumping on a trampoline w…

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Split Tickets: Charlotte's Cultural Sector

Split Tickets: Charlotte's Cultural Sector

Knight Theater has been home to several big moments in Charlotte arts history, including serving as a backdro…

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Year in Review: The best of comics (and one bomb)

Year in Review: The best of comics (and one bomb)

Some will tell you that comics just aren't what they used to be. They're right, but in the best way possible.…

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Spring Arts Preview: 2015

Spring Arts Preview: 2015

BY ANDY SMITH Courtesy kathrynlewek.com Opera singer goes from Mozart to her dream role with Charlotte perfor…

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Could 'Jurassic World' expectations ruin the experience?

Could 'Jurassic World' expectations ruin the experience?

In 2015, the greatest tool in entertainment - and advertising - could be the peddling of nostalgia. From the …

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Articles

St. Pete-Clearwater, Fl Should Be Your Next Beach and Dining Escape

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By Andy Smith
| charlottemagazine.com
Charlotteans looking for a getaway that blends sun-soaked relaxation with sophisticated cuisine need not look far. Just a quick direct flight away, St. Pete-Clearwater is home to America’s Favorite Beaches—35 miles of sugar-white sand and warm, emerald Gulf waters. But the real surprise? This stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast also happens to be one of the most exciting culinary destinations in the South.
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Pet Voting Test - Charlotte Magazine

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By Andy Smith
| charlottemagazine.com
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Put solar panels on rooftops, not farmland, says CPRE Surrey

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By Andy Smith
| cpresurrey.org.uk
Local countryside campaigners are urging Guildford councillors to reject plans for a ‘solar farm’ on farmland in the Green Belt land owned by the University of Surrey. The Surrey branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) supports renewable energy but believes that solar panels should go on rooftops not on open countryside. Arguments have been raging for two years over proposals to construct a ‘solar farm’ on the northern slopes of the Hog’s Back.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Right out of college, I tried freelance writing. I did too many things for free.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Robbie Robertson from the Spider-Man comics. Robbie knows.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Electronic mail.