Matt Barrows is a reporter who has covered the San Francisco 49ers for more than two decades for The Athletic and the Sacramento Bee. He spent two years in South Carolina with the Hilton Head Island Packet, where he won an award for environmental reporting. He has a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Virginia and a master's in journalism from Northwestern University. An avid birder and amazing uncle, Matt thinks his older sister is bossy and sends too many early-morning texts.

Jessica Barrows Beebe is a former journalist, editor, and national TV news producer. She helped produce a daily live broadcast covering campaign politics and news out of the White House, Congress, and Supreme Court. Most recently, she fundraised for a Bay Area educational nonprofit. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. Jessica has three children, hates germs, loves snorkeling, and her happy place is Midcoast Maine in summer. Her brother thinks he's the funny one, but clearly he's wrong.