New Managing Editor at Chicago Tribune

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: Chicago Tribune Names Jane Hirt Managing Editor : Newspaper also appoints editor / digital media, associate editor : : -- Chicago Tribune editor Gerould W. Kern announced today that Jane Hirt, editor of the newspaper's RedEye edition, has been named managing editor of the Tribune. : "Jane has the experience and credentials to move our newsroom toward the future," Kern said Gerould. "At RedEye, she has demonstrated a true understanding of the newspaper's audience, and I'm happy that she will bring that expertise to the Chicago Tribune and its readers." : Before joining RedEye, Hirt was the Tribune's foreign / national news editor. Other assignments during her 15 years at the Tribune have included the position of foreign / national copy desk chief and tours of duty on the sports and national copy desks. Hirt graduated from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in journalism. : Additionally, Kern announced that Bill Adee, associate managing editor / innovation, was named editor / digital media, and Joycelyn Winnecke, associate managing editor / national news, was named associate editor. : Adee and Winnecke both joined the Chicago Tribune in 2002 as sports editor and associate managing editor / national news, respectively. Prior to that, both worked at the Chicago Sun-Times, with Adee serving as sports editor and Winnecke as its managing editor. : : (Chicago Tribune press release)

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