{"id":1714,"date":"2018-07-25T10:35:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/erica-smith\/"},"modified":"2018-07-25T10:35:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:35:10","slug":"erica-smith","status":"publish","type":"ona_speaker","link":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/erica-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Erica Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erica Smith is the online editor and director of digital strategy at The Virginian-Pilot, where she leads audience development, digital strategy and analytics, and innovation. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, she earned her master&#8217;s in entrepreneurial technology. 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