Jennifer J. Hicks is digital news editor at The Wall Street Journal, where she manages global publishing across its native, social and distributed platforms. Previously, she oversaw the Journal's product team, leading the effort to integrate product, design and engineering deeper into the newsroom and working closely with senior editors and commercial colleagues to shape the Journal’s digital product and membership strategy. Jennifer joined the Journal in 2004 and has held a number of editing roles. She served as deputy editor of real-time news from 2012-2015 and before that oversaw WSJ.com’s European edition during a three-year assignment in London.

Jennifer graduated from the University of Oklahoma and earned a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. Jennifer is a native of Norman, Okla., and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.