Cory Smith joins NewsNation as Washington correspondent

Cory Smith

NewsNation announced that Cory Smith will join the channel as a Washington correspondent. Based in Washington, D.C., Smith will begin his new role on June 30, where he will report across the network’s daytime and primetime programming.

A National Edward R. Murrow Award recipient and six-time Regional Emmy Award winner, Smith is a seasoned journalist with a strong background in political and investigative reporting. Most recently, he served as the co-host of DC News Now’s “Sunrise on The Hill,” where he provided thoughtful political analysis and news coverage for communities across D.C., Maryland and Virginia. He has interviewed top policymakers and leading experts, including White House “border czar” Tom Homan, White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai, Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), among others. Additionally, he has hosted The Hill’s primary election and debate coverage leading up to the 2026 midterm elections.

Prior to joining Nexstar, Smith spent nearly three years as a news anchor and investigative reporter at NBC10 Boston, where he anchored a daily newscast and co-hosted the station’s Sunday morning politics show, “@Issue,” and the “Taking@Issue” podcast. He also led the channel’s election coverage, including anchoring the New Hampshire presidential primary and the 2024 presidential election.

Smith previously served as a news reporter for NBC4 Washington and a reporter and anchor for NBC5 in his hometown of Dallas, Texas, where he was among the hosts of a political show entitled “Lone Star Politics.”

Smith graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

About NewsNation:

NewsNation, a Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) property, is the country’s source for “News for All Americans.” Validated by independent watchdog groups, the network delivers engaging and unbiased news, reflecting the full range of perspectives across the country.  In addition to its dedicated national staff of reporters, producers and photographers, NewsNation draws on the local expertise of Nexstar’s 6,000 journalists in 110 newsrooms across the country.  NewsNation is fully distributed on every pay television platform in the United States, online at www.newsnationnow.com, and on the NewsNationNow mobile app, available on Android and iOS.