Henry Justin Smith

Who was Henry Justin Smith?

Henry Justin Smith was managing editor of the Chicago Daily News.

Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Justin A and Mary L Smith. In 1899, he married his cousin, Katherine Augusta Smith.

In 1934, he published a collection of three essays entitled It's The Way It's Written. The addresses were suggested as supplementary reading for any course in journalism, or as an authentic picture of the newspaper world for readers in general.

Smith died in Evanston, Illinois, due to pneumonia.