Before taking the helm of the Summit Daily News, Ben worked for the best little newspaper in Texas, The Williamson County Sun, a fine, family-owned and award-winning institution just north of Austin. But don’t hold the Texas thing against him. He headed from the Hill Country to the High Country as fast as he could. Outside of work, he has one mission and one mission only: to stop his children from taking over the world (mainly this involves letting them have a snack). As he puts it, he has one wife, one daughter, one son and no pets, but he’s sure there’s a conspiracy underway to change that.

Jessica hails from the green state of Oregon and graduated from Willamette University with degrees in English and Spanish. She then hopped across the Pond, where she spent several years working and traveling in Europe before moving to China. In Shanghai she worked as the managing editor of a beer magazine, witnessing the start of an impressive national microbrewing trend. Eventually she got tired of living in a city of more than 20 million and relocated to the Colorado mountains. She spends her time indoors reading, writing and watching movies, and her time outdoors hiking, biking and playing on the river. The best part of her job in Summit County, besides just living here, is that it's different every day and allows her to explore the area and meet new people.

Phil Lindeman came to the Summit Daily News after four years in the Vail area, where he worked as a freelance writer for the Vail Daily, the now-defunct Sneak Peak magazine and several Colorado-based websites. The Denver native graduated from Colorado State University with a double-major in journalism and English, so the irony of identifying as a ski bum who snowboards isn't lost on him. It might make for a decent linguistics thesis. One of these days, he'll get around to writing the next Great American Novel – right after another lap through the Freeway park in Breck.

Heather Jarvis graduated from Missouri State University in 2007 with a degree in print journalism and creative writing. Before moving to Summit County in 2010, she was the news editor at The Examiner in Independence, Mo. As the music reporter for her university’s paper and a previous intern and freelancer for Marquee Magazine in Boulder, Heather enjoys hearing and writing about live music. She loves to travel, particularly to go to a music festival or show, and also enjoys snowboarding, hiking with her dog, camping, rafting and a good southern Missouri canoe trip. Heather joined the Summit Daily News team in March 2013.