has worked at The New York Timesfor more than three decades, as foreign editor, an Opinion columnist and a foreign correspondent, reporting from all over the world. Before that he worked at Reuters and The Wall Street Journal in Europe and South America.

He received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award as part of The Times reporting team covering the war in Ukraine, and a 2024 George Polk Award as part of The Times team covering the war between Israel and Hamas. In 2021, Roger received the Légion d’Honneur from the French Republic for his work over four decades.

He is the author of five books, including a family memoir entitled, “The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family,” and the recent, “An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics.” He has taught journalism at Princeton and Indiana University, Bloomington, and the role of diplomacy as a fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center.

Roger grew up in England and South Africa and graduated from Oxford. He is a naturalized American citizen.

is a respected figure in the fields of oral history, genocide studies, and innovative memory preservation technologies. His career is marked by numerous groundbreaking initiatives and leadership roles. Smith served for twelve years as Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation, the archive founded by Steven Spielberg to document the Holocaust and global genocides. He currently holds the position of USC Visiting Professor of Religion, focusing his research on genocide-related testimony.

Most recently, Smith co-founded Memory Workers and is also the co-founder of StoryFile, the world’s first AI Conversational Video platform.

Smith is an international speaker, documentary film producer, author, and oral historian specializing in immersive media. His contributions to the award-winning Dimensions in Testimony project have been particularly impactful. His expertise extends to practical applications of memory preservation.