Smita Paul was a Scripps Howard Visiting Professional for spring 2002. She is a New York-based multimedia freelance journalist with more than a decade of experience.She started her career as a newspaper journalist in Cincinnati. She found her way to New York City by way of Phoenix, Memphis, and New Delhi. In 1995, she attended the Columbia University Graduate School for Journalism and graduated with a master's degree in broadcast and new media journalism. She received her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University. She has worked as a freelancer, employing all of her multimedia skills. Her work includes digital video documentaries for The Discovery Channel and the New York Times television company; radio reports for National Public Radio; and magazine articles for Civilization, Hemispheres and the Asian Wall Street Journal. Her online work includes several expedition stories with the Discovery Channel online.