Joanne (Jo) Huist Smith is an award-winning journalist for the Dayton Daily News where she chronicles the lives of people and issues shaping her Ohio community. Jo was awarded first place from the Ohio Associated Press for Best Community Service for her 2009 package of stories on heroin’s destructive path through rural and suburban neighborhoods. Jo’s career has been guided by advice given to her by former Dayton Daily News Managing Editor Steve Sidlo: “Love truth and you’ll be alright.” A life-long resident of the Dayton area and a graduate of Wright State University, she has three adult children and two absolutely adorable red-headed grandchildren (though she wouldn’t mind a few more).