name: Donna H.B. Smith
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about: A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Donna holds a BA degree in journalism and advertising. She was born and raised in Boulder and worked at The Boulder Daily Camera while attending the university. Her first post graduate job was with Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. in Wyoming as a member of the display advertising staff as well as a special assignment feature writer for the editorial department. After six years she married and moved to Laramie, Wyoming where she taught journalistic writing classes at the University of Wyoming and produced a weekly shopping column for the Laramie Boomerang while her husband received his law degree. Over the years she served as a guest lecturer for the university and later she became a member of th A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Donna holds a BA degree in journalism and advertising. She was born and raised in Boulder and worked at The Boulder Daily Camera while attending the university. Her first post graduate job was with Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc. in Wyoming as a member of the display advertising staff as well as a special assignment feature writer for the editorial department. After six years she married and moved to Laramie, Wyoming where she taught journalistic writing classes at the University of Wyoming and produced a weekly shopping column for the Laramie Boomerang while her husband received his law degree. Over the years she served as a guest lecturer for the university and later she became a member of the faculty when she taught public relations and advertising copywriting classes for the Department of Communication and Mass Media at UW. She commuted from Cheyenne to teach over a period of eight years.In Cheyenne, she produced and hosted daily radio talk shows and a weekly television public affairs show. Concurrently she wrote a weekly, humorous, slice of life column for The Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. In 1982, she opened her own PR/Advertising firm, Donna Smith &amp; Associates, which she operated for sixteen years. Under the auspices of the agency, and while managing several large accounts, she presented workshops on marketing for small business owners; public and media relations for industry, institutions and nonprofit organizations; and classes on the mechanics of writing for the media at Laramie County Community College and Preston University.Both the Smiths are now retired and live at the base of the Snowy Range outside of Centennial, Wyoming. The couple has three grown children and the whole family continues to be avid outdoor enthusiasts. Donna says she focuses on fiction writing in her "spare time." ...more