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Rachel Holliday Smith

Reporter/Producer @rachelholliday Contact

Rachel Holliday Smith is a reporter/producer for DNAinfo New York covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights.

Before joining our team, Rachel worked at NY1 News as a videographer, writer and breaking news hound. She also produced the "New Yorker of the Week" segment, which regularly restored her faith in humanity.

Rachel is a native upstate New Yorker, but lived near Boston before coming to the city. There, she read the Phoenix while it was still in print and listened to the Dresden Dolls while they were still making music.

She attended the school of the Washington Square News, where she served as editor in chief in 2009. At the same time, she somehow got a degree from New York University. She is a proud Gallatin alum.

Rachel lives in Fort Greene close enough to the Barclays Center that she once heard the screaming of Justin Bieber fans.

Fun fact: Rachel is from so far upstate that she had glass bottles of milk delivered to her childhood home by a milkman every day.
 

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

September 25, 2017

Marlon Sewell took the stand Monday in his manslaughter trial for the death of Victoria Nicodemus.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

September 25, 2017

The unrelated incidents took place at Medgar Evers Prep and Prospect Heights High School.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

September 25, 2017

Both train engineers couldn't recall the moments leading up to the two recent commuter rail crashes.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

September 21, 2017

Marlon Sewell faces second-degree manslaughter in a Fort Greene crash that killed Victoria Nicodemus.

Ditmas Park & Flatbush »

September 20, 2017

Candidate Brian Cunningham will be on the ballot in November on the Reform Party line.

Fort Greene and DUMBO »

September 19, 2017

The vehicle's steering system, tires and fuel regulator all had problems, an NYPD mechanic testified.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

September 18, 2017

Donovan Frazier, 20, was shot multiple times near the corner of Franklin Avenue and Lincoln Place.

Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens »

September 18, 2017

BierWax will combine owner Chris Maestro's two passions: local brewing and vintage music.