Jennifer Napier-Pearce

Jennifer Napier-Pearce
NationalityAmerican, Tongan-American
EducationUniversity of Utah, Stanford
OccupationFormer Editor of The Salt Lake Tribune
Known forSalt Lake Tribune and RadioWest
SpouseJohn A. Pearce

Jennifer Napier-Pearce is an American journalist and former editor of The Salt Lake Tribune. She joined the Tribune in January 2013 as a business writer, before becoming host of the daily video program "Trib Talk" and the weekly radio news show "Behind the Headlines." She was named editor in August 2016. Prior to coming to the Tribune, Napier-Pearce was news director and reporter for KUER and KCPW.

She has been an adjunct professor at the University of Utah. She received a BA in English from the University of Utah in 1991 and an MA in Journalism from Stanford University in 1998.

She resigned as editor in August 2020, citing differences with board chairman Paul Huntsman.

She grew up in Magna UT, with Tongan heritage on her father's side; she was known as Alisi Pahulu until changing her name to Jennifer Napier. Her husband, John A. Pearce, is a justice on the Utah Supreme Court.