Evan Smith, President & CEO of Discover Newport, will join What’s Up Newp for a live virtual video conversation on Friday, January 29 at 11 am.

We’ll chat about tourism, hospitality, and, of course, COVID-19 and its impacts.

Watch the conversation live below as it happens or anytime afterward.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...