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Minneapolis-based copy editor PAULA APFELBACH enjoys nature and bodies of water – as you do in Door County – but her broader vistas are cityscapes.

Writer and editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. has been searching out stories for Door County Living since 2005. He caught up with Pita Kotobalavu to talk about his journey from the Fiji Islands to the music venues of Door County.

JESS FARLEY is a sales manager for Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse. Food is her passion, and practicing creativity in the kitchen is her happy place – preferably when paired with good company, great music and a full-bodied cabernet.

TOM GROENFELDT of Sturgeon Bay writes about financial technology for Forbes.com and The Financial Brand in addition to writing profiles of Door County artists for the Peninsula Pulse.

GRACE JOHNSON is the assistant editor for Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse When not working, she can be found at home, curled up with a thick fantasy book and her cat, Rain.

BEN JONES is a Madison-based travel and outdoors writer and photographer. He grew up in Sister Bay, and while he works with organizations in many communities, his heart is in Door County.

ANDREW KLEIDON is the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living creative director. But you probably recognize his dulcet tones from the Door County Pulse Podcast.

When BRETT KOSMIDER isn’t wandering o into the wilds, he usually has a camera in front of his face taking photographs or video. He’s a co-founder and the creative director of Peninsula Filmworks.

SARA RAE LANCASTER wrote for several regional publications before moving to Door County. Today you’ll find her growing and designing flowers alongside her husband, John, and young children, Jack and Evangeline, at their flower farm and studio, OneEighty Petals.

Peninsula Pulse photographer and videographer RACHEL LUKAS is getting more familiar with the county with every shoot.

Since the passing of her husband, Roy, in 2016, CHARLOTTE LUKES writes to fulfill his mission to help educate and inspire readers to learn, care for and protect our native species and the natural world.

JOHN MIELKE retired from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in 2020. He and his wife, Patti, and their poodle, Riley, live on Rileys Bay and enjoy all Door County has to o er.

When not writing for Door County Living, MATT POTHAST is busy raising his sons, Nicholas and Ryan, with his wife, Rachel, in Park Ridge, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.

Outdoors enthusiast CRAIG STERRETT of Egg Harbor has more than three decades of journalism experience and a passion for the links.

SAM WATSON is a reporter for the Peninsula Pulse. The 2022 UW-Madison graduate lives in Sister Bay with her partner and two cats, Desmond and Penny. When she’s not writing, she likes to cook and watch horror movies.