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Crain’s Cleveland hires Smith to cover residential real estate

March 8, 2025

Posted by Chris Roush

Zack Smith

Crain’s Cleveland Business has hired Zack Smith to cover residential real estate.

He started this week.

Smith has been a data journalist with cleveland.com. Originally from Queens, New York, he specialized in health and climate journalism.

He received a master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York.

Smith has won awards for his data graphics, most recently with the OAPME for a story with The Plain Dealer on Ohio’s school voucher expansion. In addition to covering Northeast Ohio through a data lens, he has words in STATNews, Everyday Health, VICE, Crain’s New York, Food Bank News and local New York outlets.

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