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Herbert Smith "Bert" Gunn (3 April 1903–2 March 1962) was a British newspaper editor. Born in Gravesend, Gunn worked as a reporter for the ''Kent Messenger'', and then the ''Straits Times'' in Singapore. He returned to the UK to work at the ''Manchester Evening News'', then the London ''Evening News'' and the ''Evening Standard''. He also married, and had two sons: Thom Gunn, later a poet, and Ander Gunn, later a photographer.〔Charles Wintour, "Gunn, Herbert Smith", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''〕 In 1936, Gunn became the first northern editor of the ''Daily Express'', then in 1943 became managing editor. He wrote the headline "It's That Man Again", referring to Hitler, later to become the title of a popular radio show.〔 Gunn became editor of the ''Evening Standard'' in 1944, but owner Lord Beaverbrook disagreed with his plans to adopt a more populist approach, and Gunn left in 1952. Gunn also revealed that Labour Party MP Garry Allighan was leaking stories to the newspaper, following which Allighan resigned.〔 In 1953, Gunn joined the ''Daily Sketch'' as its editor, and doubled its circulation in six years.〔 In 1958–1959, he was the President of the Institute of Journalists.〔''The Europa Year Book 1959'', p.536〕 He moved to edit the ''Sunday Dispatch'' in 1959, but this was merged with the ''Sunday Express'' in 1961 and Gunn resigned from Associated Newspapers in 1962.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bert Gunn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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