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Alyssa Baker
As a Salt Lake transplant, Alyssa spends much of her time exploring Salt Lake City and is finding more and more things to love about it all the time. You can usually find her with a fresh cup of...

Ann Marie van den Hurk
Principal, Mind The Gap PR. Public Relations/Crisis/Social Media Pro. Accredited Public Relations (APR) professional. Author of Social Media Crisis Communications: Surviving a PR #Fail. Columnist....

Annie Studer
Annie Studer is an Alaskan who loves Utah (the snow, weather, mountains, sun and fun). She pursued her MBA at the University of Utah, while still skiing the Wasatch as much as possible. With a...

Austen Diamond
Austen is a photographer by way of journalism. He shoots for 13% Salt, a photo journal of Utah's pioneers, subcultures, and communities.

Elyse Jost
I was born and raised in the greatest windy city in the world. You guessed it—Chicago. I am a contributor to the arts and opinion boards at the University of Utah's student-run newspaper, The Daily...

Erika Wiggins
Erika Wiggins is a Salt Lake City based freelance writer specializing in travel, food and adventure sports. She travels extensively throughout North America and Mexico seeking new experiences. In...

Errin Pedersen
Errin Pedersen is a 435 girl living in an 801 world. She loves SLC's Farmer's Market, The Beer Bar, Chunga's al pastor nachos, and Beehive Gin. Once she rids herself of a pesky knee injury, you'll...

Gastronomic SLC
www.gastronomicslc.com | Restaurant reviews, news, info and giveaways for the Salt Lake City area. If its worth eating, drinking or knowing about we'll let you know.

Hannah Whitney
Hannah Whitney considers herself a ‘snow loving tree hugging dirt worshipper’ looking to make a difference. Originally from Maine, Hannah loves frolicking between mountains, meadows, rivers, lakes and...

Janet Hovorka
Janet Hovorka owns Family ChartMasters, an award winning genealogy chart printing service which is the official printing service for most genealogy software and database companies. Janet writes The...

Jeremy Pugh
Jeremy Pugh is a freelance writer and editor living in Salt Lake City. When he's not writing about Salt Lake City, you'll see him in the crowd at a great show (the State Room, Urban Lounge, The Depot,...

Jessica Fredrickson
Jessica Fredrickson is the Tourism Communications Manager at Visit Salt Lake. In her role Jessica promotes the wonderful tourist product Salt Lake City has to offer. A homegrown resident Jessica...

Joe Kukura

Kathy Dalton
Kathy Dalton is a thirty-something active mother of two young children who married her kindergarten crush, Jon. Together, they live in one of Salt Lake City's historic neighborhoods with their dog...

Katie Van Riper
Katie Van Riper is a recent New England transplant, with just over a year of Salt Lake City living under her belt. She works in Marketing & Communications in the flourishing ski industry of Greater...

Kristina Manscill
Kristina is a six-foot-tall mother of two who blogs at mothersniche.com about everything fun and awesome (pertaining to family life)! She uses blogging as her creative outlet, swimming as her physical...

Maile Keone
Maile Keone is an entrepreneur, writer and traveler. She loves working in the vacation rental industry helping people stay in cool places and create dream vacations. Maile also writes for the travel...

Marsha Maxwell
Marsha Maxwell is a long-time Utah resident who works, plays and loves life in the Salt Lake Valley. She is currently the Salt Lake City guide for About.com: http://saltlakecity.about.com/.

Megan Eileen McDonough

Michael Mack
Michael Mack is the Vice President of Services at Visit Salt Lake. A big part of his job is keeping informed about Salt Lake's ever growing scene of great restaurants, clubs, unique music venues and...

Melissa Fields

Michelle Powell
Michelle blogs at Enjoy Utah! She loves finding fun adventures around Utah with her husband and two kids. She also runs a DJ business with her husband, and manages the blogs for Squawkbox Sound and...

Nancy Kim

Outdoor Project
Outdoor Project is an online resource with the mission to create the most intuitive, comprehensive, and inspiring outdoor adventure resource. Ever. It's a resource for outdoor enthusiasts built by...

Shawn Stinson
Shawn is the Communications Director at Visit Salt Lake, which allows him the opportunity to share with visiting media his passion for just about all things outdoor recreation-based, from skiing in...

Shelli Johnson
Shelli Johnson is an entrepreneur, life and leadership coach, leadership development facilitator, motivational speaker, adventure guide, and writer/blogger. Her company is called Epic Life. You can...

SLUG Magazine
An acronym for Salt Lake Underground, SLUG is one of Salt Lake's most respected independent and alternative magazines. The publication focuses on art, music, events, food, beer, and local subcultures....

Toni Isom
Toni Isom is the Director of Content Management at Visit Salt Lake. You can find her in Salt Lake's awesome bike lanes, thrift shopping, enjoying a pint on the patio at Junior's, or bouldering at The...