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.

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.

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.