After completing what he realised was a pretty pointless politics degree David eventually found his niche in a news room.

Fran originally hails from Germany but in 2003 she decided to swap the hectic Munich lifestyle and the long German winters for the sunny laid-back lifestyle of Perth.

Growing up in Perth as the eldest of three girls, Marnie spent her first job filling out six minute time sheets in a chartered accounting firm, before being seduced by the bright lights of the advertising world and the promise of the legendary "six-hour" lunch.

Brendan became interested in a career in journalism after reading Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in my early 20s.

After swapping a casual job as a sandwich artist for a cadetship at the Busselton-Dunsborough Mail he decided that maybe journalism wasn't such a bad gig after all.

Emma is a self described "nerd journo", with passions for subjects such as waste management, town planning and chemicals regulation.

After a brief stint working for 'the other side' in the public relations industry, Heather decided to jump ship and follow her passion for journalism.

James, like many in the media, says he could have played professional football - just a few things got in the way, talent being one of them.

David always loved the media, a desire probably hastened from playing Winnie the Pooh and other crazy characters as a young tacker at the Johnnie Young Talent Time school in Perth.