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Stephanie Smith
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Former news producer, current news junkie. Communications executive. Endlessly curious about everything. Passionate about new forms of communication, companies creating new industries. Storyteller. Defender of democracy and journalism.
Her videos are gold.

She Found a New Way to Sell High-End Houses: Mock the Rich www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...
She Found a New Way to Sell High-End Houses: Mock the Rich
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An incredible piece, well worth your time
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
ICE Took Half Their Work Force. What Do They Do Now?
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...
Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...
‘I Want to Clear My Name’: Deported Migrant Takes First Step to Sue the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
[email protected] AP footage of raid. ICE attempts to arrest a landscaper while medical personnel stand in the way, demanding warrant & agent identify himself. You can hear immigrant in the background hyperventilating. It is, in miniature, the cruelty of the policy and the budding resistance to it.
July 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
For Deadline Whitehouse @nicollewallace.bsky.social AP footage out of California of a disturbing ICE raid at a medical facility. It, is in miniature, the cruelty of the policy, and the budding resistance to it. There are many Americans who are standing up to help but who need guidance...
July 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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AI is increasingly where people turn to find information and solutions. But as AI learns from trusted sources—earned media—there’s a blind spot with major implications for how brands show up—or don’t—in AI-powered discovery.
Read about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
The AI Blind Spot Reshaping Communications Strategy
Building for Persistent Discoverability
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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HR using AI to interview candidates?
A terrible use of the technology.
Read more here.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
AI Job Interviews Are a Brand Killer
When you’re hiring, you’re not just filling a role.
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
HR using AI to interview candidates?
A terrible use of the technology.
Read more here.
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
AI Job Interviews Are a Brand Killer
When you’re hiring, you’re not just filling a role.
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
AI is increasingly where people turn to find information and solutions. But as AI learns from trusted sources—earned media—there’s a blind spot with major implications for how brands show up—or don’t—in AI-powered discovery.
Read about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
The AI Blind Spot Reshaping Communications Strategy
Building for Persistent Discoverability
open.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
U.S. job growth appears strong on the surface, but the underlying pace has been slowing

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
The Jobs Market Is Starting to Fall Apart
Even if Thursday’s job report comes in strong, a look behind the headline number tells a different story.
www.wsj.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reposted by Stephanie Smith
If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead. — Molly Ivins
I miss Molly Ivins
June 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tillis is channeling McCain vibes.
June 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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nonzero chance that neither the World Cup nor the 2028 Summer Olympics take place in the United States the way things are going
Five players, and thirteen staff members from the Senegalese basketball team have been denied visas to the US.

The team is here to prepare for the upcoming Afrobasket tournament.
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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very important article!!
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Debacle. Incompetence across the board.

The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Can we file suit to force law enforcement to remove masks? @gtconway.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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AI is reshaping how people discover and trust brands. In the GEO era-Generative Engine Optimization-your brand lives or dies by what the model remembers.
If you’re not in the model, you're not in the conversation.

open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
Communications Has a New Audience: The Model
For years, communications has been about shaping perception with people in mind.
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
AI is reshaping how people discover and trust brands. In the GEO era-Generative Engine Optimization-your brand lives or dies by what the model remembers.
If you’re not in the model, you're not in the conversation.

open.substack.com/pub/stephani...
Communications Has a New Audience: The Model
For years, communications has been about shaping perception with people in mind.
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Reposted by Stephanie Smith
The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows
Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.
www.reuters.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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A dating app, but one that refuses photos taken in bathroom mirrors or cars.

Give me funding please. This is a billion dollar idea.
June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM