LinkedIn
Erin Smith is a Boston-based journalist who most recently was a senior engagement editor at Politico.
Her work as an investigative and engagement reporter has focused on accountability that drives concrete change. She previously launched ProPublica’s national probe into secret tenant-screening algorithms and led investigations for TV and newspapers that prompted product recalls, legislative reforms, and national policy debate. She is also a 2027 Nieman Fellow and is studying survey science, crowdsourcing, and AI-assisted methods to help journalists better measure public opinion on sensitive topics.