Jay Scott Smith

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What’s Happening! The name’s Jason…but for the sake of this blog, you can call me Jay or Jay Scott. I am a 37-year-old Journalist, Detroit Native, Man of Sigma, and Charismatic Enigma…That About Covers it for me! lol You wanna get in contact w/me, well, here you go! G.O.M.A.B. to my Blu Family! (ΦΒΣ/ΖΦΒ)

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So, a few weeks ago, as y’all know, I was in Florida for the #Daytona500 — @NASCAR’s signature event. I was working on THIS piece for @VibeMagazine on @BubbaWallace, #DriveForDiversity, and the sport’s at times racist past. This is the feeling of hard work paying TF off. Again thanks to Jasmine Neely (@jneels16) and everyone at NASCAR for being so accommodating and helpful. The link is in the bio.
Kinda starting to run out of places to get a byline out here. Today I made my debut as a radio reporter at KYW. My first radio news piece in more than a year. It’s good to be back.
As y’all know, I had the opportunity to spend a week in Daytona covering the 500 for @VibeMagazine along with #JSCRadio. It was an incredible experience. S/o to @NASCAR and to @jneels16 for getting these great shots of me handling business.
Story time: I got this car in 2011, just as I was finishing my Master’s Degree at @WayneState. In the corresponding 7.5 years, this car has made countless road trips through 12 states (and two countries), made hundreds of runs for stories, gotten me through five moves through three different states and NINE jobs. In total, it racked up 154,454 miles. I have eaten countless meals in it, taken more than a few naps in it, had tons of phone calls (personal and business), cried in it more than a few times, and spent many a night just cruising with the windows down and the music up loud. But this past year, it has steered me through the most arduous and treacherous stretch of my life. It climbed past 100,000 miles and everything from the tires to the cooling system to the brakes to the damn engine were hanging on by a thread. It got me through all those failed interviews and auditions. It successfully got my ass to @LincolnUniversityOfPA and KYW. In a year where everything abandoned me, this car was my rock. It was last Friday when I was headed to pick up a check from the latter job when the transmission finally gave out...as I arrived at the building. That check ended up being used as the down payment on the new car I got today. I’m not the most religious man, but you can draw your own conclusions to how a car well north of 100K miles was able to get me back and forth the last year when I barely had the money to put gas in it. How it got me the 80 miles to Lincoln and back 1 more time on Thursday and then to get that bread on Friday morning. The start of 2019 has been a renaissance for me. And that car made sure I made it here. Get you someone who has your back like that car had mine. Rest well, friend. 🚗
Needless to say, it has been an eventful last 2 weeks. Spent a week in Daytona at the 500, gave my first Midterm at @LincolnUniversityofPA, made an appearance on @ReneePWashington’s podcast, met a sports icon in a bar, and then made my debut/return to radio on KYW last night. The end of 2018 couldn’t have come fast enough, but even I’m a little startled at how things have rolled out in 2019. The Rise and the Grind continues, and at least I didn’t have to get ready because I always STAY READY. ✌🏾y’all. JSC Radio Ep. 95 hits this week.
Watching the #Spartans give Little Boy Blue that work while at work. #VictoryForMSU
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