 Smith akazotevera nhevedzano yepurogiramu yemaminitsi mana yePBS inonzi Inside Gorbachevs USSR, achishandisa ruzivo rwake rwenhoroondo yeRussia uye mano ake okuitisa mabvunzurudzo epaTV muchiRussia kuti terevhizheni yokuAmerica iwane nzwisiso yakakura yokutanga yehurongwa hwaGorbachev hwokuvandudza perestroika. Nhevedzano iyoyo yakawana mubayiro wakakurumbira weColumbia-Dupont Gold Baton, kana kuti mubayiro mukuru, wepurogiramu yakanakisisa yezvemashoko evoruzhinji paterevhizheni yokuU.S. muna 1991. Smith akakunda mibairo mikuru yose yeterevhizheni nemimwe purogiramu yePBS. Akawana Emmy yenyika yeThe Wall Street Fix 2003 uye Can You Afford to Retire? 2006 iyo yaakagadzira yePBS Frontline. Mamwe mapurogiramu ake maviri akakunda Emmy kusarudzwa - Critical Condition 2000, kuongorora kwemaawa matatu kwehurongwa hwehutano hweU.S., uye Tax Me If You Can 2004, kuongorora kweawa imwe chete yekubvisa mutero kwemakambani nevapfumi. Muna 2002, Smith akagovana mukurumbira weDuPont-Columbia Gold Baton nokuda kweInside the Terror Network, nhoroondo yake yakadzama yevarwi veAl Qaeda vakaronga, kudzidzisa uye kugadzirira kurwisa kwavo kuUnited States musi waSeptember 11, 2001. 