Vanessa is the author of 6 acclaimed novels, including The Last Illusion of Paige White which was named by the New York Times on its list of Best Thrillers last year. She's a former news and arts journo from Sydney who will always have a little bit of The Daily Tele in her heart. Her next novel The Heart Note is coming in February next year.

Sophie Hansen is a food writer and photographer. She's the author of 6 cookbooks full of homely, comforting recipes that bring people together. She lives near Orange in NSW and is a champion of seasonal produce and regional communities.

Kate Watson is Executive Director and Editor at The Squiz.

Larissa helps write the Squiz Today and Shortcuts newsletters, and co-hosts both podcasts at the fun end of the week. She’s a mum of 2 teenage boys, a mad-keen baker, an avid reader and she’s handy with a tennis racquet.

Andrew is the news editor and podcast co-host at The Squiz. He's a politics nerd who reviews movies and devises quizzes in his spare time. Enjoys musicals and board games - also video ones. Owner of team mascot, Fiadh the Sheepadoodle.

Sophie Felice is a content manager at the Squiz.

Anna is a podcast host on the Squiz Today, and one of the team who writes and produces the daily newsletter. Social butterfly. Clothes enthusiast. Brings the fun to meetings.

Jono has joined the Squiz as a host and producer, working on some exciting new video projects... watch this space. He describes himself as an extrovert with a glass-half-full outlook and he’s been busy learning some new skills in different editing programs and dabbling in funky animations and graphics.

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Tim Oberg is the founder and CEO of parkrun Australia. He brought the concept to Oz from the UK in 2011, and since then it has grown to involve more than half a million registered runners who front up most weekends to complete a timed 5km in more than 350 local parks and parklands around the country. A committed Squizer, we put our joggers on to catch up with Tim for this week’s Three Minute Squiz.