{"id":156607,"date":"2025-10-29T22:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/?page_id=156607"},"modified":"2025-10-31T20:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:03:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/services\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*  div wrapped around entire staff list  *\/\r\n    div.staff-member-listing {\r\n}\r\n\/*  div wrapped around each staff member  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member {\r\n    padding-bottom: 2em;\r\n    border-bottom: thin dotted #aaa;\r\n}\r\n\/*  Even staff member  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member.even {\r\n}\r\n\/*  Odd staff member  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member.odd {\r\n    margin-top: 2em;\r\n}\r\n\/*  Last staff member  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member.last {\r\n    padding-bottom: 0;\r\n    border: none;\r\n}\r\n\/*  Wrap around staff info  *\/\r\n.staff-member-info-wrap {\r\n    float: left;\r\n    width: 70%;\r\n    margin-left: 3%;\r\n}\r\n\/*  [staff-bio-formatted]  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member-bio {\r\n}\r\n\/*  p tags within [staff-bio-formatted]  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member-bio p {\r\n}\r\n\/*  [staff-photo]  *\/\r\nimg.staff-member-photo {\r\n    float: left;\r\n}\r\n\/*  [staff-email-link]  *\/\r\n.staff-member-email {\r\n}\r\n\/*  [staff-name-formatted]  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member-listing h3.staff-member-name {\r\n    margin: 0;\r\n}\r\n\/*  [staff-position-formatted]  *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member-listing h4.staff-member-position {\r\n    margin: 0;\r\n    font-style: italic;\r\n}\r\n\/* Clearfix for div.staff-member *\/\r\ndiv.staff-member:after {\r\n    content: &quot;&quot;;\r\n    display: block;\r\n    clear: both;\r\n}\r\n\/* Clearfix for &lt;= IE7 *\/\r\n* html div.staff-member { height: 1%; }\r\ndiv.staff-member { display: block; }\r\n<\/style><div class=\"staff-member-listing \"><div class=\"staff-member even \">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/5225x5225-thom-barker.jpg\" alt=\"Thom Barker : Editor\">\r\n    <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap\">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Thom Barker<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Editor<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>After graduating with a geology degree from Carleton University and taking a detour through the high tech business, Thom started his journalism career as a fact-checker for a magazine in Ottawa in 2002. He quickly progressed to writing features for various publications, but when he landed his first newspaper job with The Interior News in 2005, he knew he had found his calling. He is the winner of numerous journalism awards, perhaps most notable the 2008 CCNA Best Feature Story award for his coverage of the in-custody death of Ian Bush and subsequent coroner's inquest. Thom believes strongly in the value of community news, particularly in the digital era, and is thrilled to be back in Smithers where his newspaper journey began.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n        <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:e&#100;&#105;&#116;o&#114;&#064;&#105;nt&#101;r&#105;&#111;r-n&#101;ws&#046;c&#111;&#109;\" title=\"Email Thom Barker\">ed&#105;tor&#064;in&#116;e&#114;&#105;&#111;r-n&#101;&#119;s.c&#111;m<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n        306-641-6215\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><div class=\"staff-member odd  last\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"staff-member-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/287x287-marisca-bakker.jpg\" alt=\"Marisca Bakker : Reporter\">\r\n    <div class=\"staff-member-info-wrap\">\r\n        <h3 class=\"staff-member-name\">Marisca Bakker<\/h3>\r\n        <h4 class=\"staff-member-position\">Reporter<\/h4>\r\n        <div class=\"staff-member-bio\"><p>Marisca attended Ryerson University for political science, has her broadcast journalism diploma from Loyalist College and a creative writing certificate from Algonquin College. Marisca enjoys being part of the community in the Bulkley Valley and all it has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n        <a class=\"staff-member-email\" href=\"mailto:m&#097;r&#105;sca.&#098;ak&#107;&#101;r&#064;inte&#114;i&#111;r&#045;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#115;.com\" title=\"Email Marisca Bakker\">m&#097;ri&#115;ca&#046;&#098;a&#107;&#107;e&#114;&#064;&#105;&#110;te&#114;i&#111;r-ne&#119;s.c&#111;m<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n        250-877-5599\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div> <!-- Close staff-member --><\/div> <!-- Close staff-member-listing -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":156605,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth-no-extras.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156607","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>About Us - 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