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Sally Bedell Smith is an American historian and best selling author specializing in the history of American broadcasting and American political figures. She is married to former U.S. News & World Report editor Stephen G. Smith.

Career

Sally Bedell Smith spent her early career working at Time magazine, TV Guide, and The New York Times. She won the Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award in 1982, and became a fellow at the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in 1986. In 1996, Smith joined Vanity Fair as contributing editor, where she remains as of October 2007.

It is not known whether Sally Bedell Smith is related to Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, former Director of Central Intelligence. A Google search on the string

"Walter Bedell Smith" +"Sally Bedell Smith"

revealed two pages: the Misplaced Pages disambiguation page listing both names and a blog that asked whether the two might be related—even suggesting that the younger Bedell Smith might be invoved in disinformation. the offending blog is at this URL:

http://www.theleftcoaster.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=11116

Publications

• "Up the Tube: Prime-Time TV and the Silverman Years" (1981)
  
• "In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley, the Legendary Tycoon and His Brilliant Circle" (1990)
  
• "In All His Glory: The Life of William S. Paley : The Legendary Tycoon" (1991)
  
• "In All His Glory: The Life and Times of William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting" (2002)
  
• "Reflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman" (two editions - 1996/1997)
  
• "Diana in Search of Herself: Portrait of a Troubled Princess" (1999)
  
• "Grace And Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House" (2006) - Debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List.
  
• "Diana: The Life of a Troubled Princess" (2007)
  
• "For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton in the White House" (2007)
  

Reference

The Chelsea Forum

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