Lynn Smith Media & Communications Strategist, Former News Anchor TODAY/NBC/MSNBC/CNN, Podcast Host

Are we settling for a flawed justice system?

Juror gets jail time for missing trial after oversleeping.
Sexist Seminar

Opinion piece on how corporate culture can contribute to the "she's asking for it" mentality.
The Peloton ad is a faux controversy

When the internet exploded in anger over an ad for an indoor cycling machine, I explain why I believe this is not a controversy.
Instagram versus Reality

I pull back the curtain on my own life to show social media is not real life and it can be harmful if we don't start getting more real.
Family told to let their baby die

Have we reached a new low point in society when a young family is told to let their baby die when they tried to raise money for medical bills.
She seemed like any other Mom

Inside the Opioid Epidemic in America. A young mother's obituary goes viral after revealing a struggle with pain pills she could not overcome.
Parental rights for rapists?

How are there not laws that protect children over rapists?
Staying mentally health in this news cycle

An inside look at ways I cope with a trying time in our news cycle.
Foster care and the opioid epidemic in real life

When people become the parents they didn't have to be the lives of children orphaned by their parents addictions are being saved.