Assistant City Editor, Ocala Star-Banner
Ocala, Fla.

The 1991 Women’s College graduate who majored in journalism and public relations works as an assistant city editor at the Ocala Star-Banner in central Florida, part of the Halifax Media Group. Smiley-Height had previously edited the paper’s magazine, Life in the Heart of Florida. She also was editor of four weekly and eight bi-weekly newspapers owned by Florida Today, a Gannett publication on Florida’s east coast, as well as the Space Coast Press.