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Steve Smith

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Brooklyn, Jackson Heights, New York
As seen in: MSN, The New York Times, MSN UK, Yahoo News, Newsweek, NPR, Business Wire, Substack, The New Yorker, Time Out New York and
Covers:  Contemporary composed and improvised music, in concert and on recordings.
Doesn't Cover: Everything apart from the above.
Journalist, critic, editor. Contributor, Musical America, New York Times. Previously: NPR, The New Yorker, National Sawdust, Boston Globe, Time Out New York.

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NO LONGER ACTIVE IN JOURNALISM.

Senior copywriter, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).

Previous credits: The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, National Sawdust, Boston Globe, Time Out New York, Musical America.

Despite what this page says, I have never written for MSN, Yahoo News, Newsweek, or VentureBeat. (It's a common byline.)

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Want to be happier? You may need to think more about death

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By Steve Smith
| WKBT-TV (La Crosse, WI)
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Worcester council declines to pursue public takeover of Viele Ave.

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By Steve Smith
| The Worcester Guardian
After weeks of discussion about road safety, emergency access and infrastructure concerns, the Worcester City Council voted against moving forward with a proposal to convert Viele Ave. from a private road into a publicly maintained city street. Viele Avenue is one of roughly 80 miles of private roads in Worcester. While open to public travel, residents own portions of the roadway extending from their property lines to the street’s center line and are responsible for maintenance and repairs.
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Never Waste a Good Crisis

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By Steve Smith
| Bay Buzz
[As published in May/June 2026 BayBuzz magazine.] Why is this world of wine so bloody tough, and seemingly extra tough in Hawke’s Bay? Let’s be clear though, it is also extra tough in many famous wine regions of the world as changes of real magnitude take hold at a consumer level. Even some of the elite wines of the world are struggling. People who drink proper wine  are changing as fashions change. By ‘proper’ wine I mean no infusions or any of the de-alcoholised trash, these things aren’t wine.
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