Veteran Chicago newspaper editor Andrea Hanis moved from newsroom to newsroom throughout her career, bringing a creative spirit and a solid set of leadership skills.

After spending more than a decade at the Sun-Times, she took on editor roles at the Tribune, Crain’s Chicago Business and her last job as editor of the Chicago Law Bulletin.

Along the way she mentored journalists and collected many close friends who were with her through a difficult 14-month battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Ms. Hanis died Nov. 12 at a Gold Coast rehab facility, her friend Joyce Winnecke said. She was 56.

“She lived and breathed integrity and good journalism,” said Winnecke, who was managing editor at the Sun-Times when Ms. Hanis worked there.

In 11 years at the Sun-Times, Ms.

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