Ella Leaman is the first winner of the new Kathryn Belle Long Scholarship. Long was a local musician and middle school educator who championed the arts in the Tallahassee community. She passed away in 2023. In the Spring of 2024, a former student of hers, Ella Leaman, was named the recipient of the first Kathryn Belle Long Scholarship. The photo below is Ella with the father and brother of Long at Leaman’s Convocation ceremony. Check out the video to learn more.
Suzanne Smith is Executive Producer for Television at WFSU Public Media. She oversees the production of local programs at WFSU, is host of WFSU Local Routes, and a regular content contributor.
Suzanne’s love for PBS began early with programs like Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and continues to this day. She earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri with minors in political science and history. She also received a Master of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of Florida.
Suzanne spent many years working in commercial news as Producer and Executive Producer in cities throughout the country before coming to WFSU in 2003. She is a past chair of the National Educational Telecommunications Association’s Content Peer Learning Community and a member of Public Media Women in Leadership organization.
In her free time, Suzanne enjoys spending time with family, reading, watching television, and exploring our community.
