Source editor responsible for the PLAY section, which appears in the Chicago Tribune on Thursdays.

Denise Joyce has worked for the Tribune in a variety of jobs, from news and features copy desks to bureau chief to section editor, for more than 30 years and has the gold watch to prove it. From September 2005 until September 2006, she served as president of the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors. Denise is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where she majored in journalism.

Family, outdoors, travel. There would be lots of other stuff if work didn't get in the way.