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Chicago Tribune Names Jane Hirt Managing Editor

Friday 22. August 2008 - 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.