Jane HirtJane Hirt is managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, a position she assumed in August 2008. Before that, Jane spent six years as the founding editor of RedEye, the six-day-a-week newspaper for young, social, commuting Chicagoans that has taken the city by storm. In her 19-year career with the Tribune, Jane also has been the Chicago Tribune's foreign/national news editor and copy desk chief and she’s edited for the Perspective and Sports sections. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was recognized by Crain's Chicago Business in 2006 as one of its "40 under 40." She's a member of Chicago ’s "100 Wise Women" and is on the board of the Chicago Headline Club.