Jennifer Howze, formerly The Times’s online lifestyle editor and Alpha Mummy blog editor, is a journalist and co-founder of the BritMums social network. BritMums is the UK’s leading network of parent bloggers with close to 3,000 members (formerly known as British Mummy Bloggers). She is also a founder and organiser of BritMums Live!, a two-day event taking place in London, June 2012, featuring the UK’s most prominent parent bloggers in conversation, workshops and networking events.

In 2010, she co-founded CyberMummy, the parent blogging conference, which more than 400 delegates attended in June 2010. She speaks regularly about blogging and parenting; appearances include The Battle of Ideas, Woman’s Hour, and numerous digital conferences. A 20-year journalism veteran, Jennifer has contributed to a wide range of print and online publications, including The Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Independent, Travel+Leisure, CNN.com, and a host of Conde Nast publications. Her work has been collected into Budget Travel’s Secret Hotels and Standing Up to Supernanny. Previously she was a judge for the Online Journalism Awards in the United States. She currently blogs at www.jenography.net and tweets at @JHowze.