Meet the reporters behind the bylines

This is an edited and spliced version of two stories published July 17, 2004

Who are the people who bring you the news?

Yes, there are real people behind the bylines on the stories you read in every issue.

Meet the Burnaby Now's editorial team:

The longest-serving news writer on the Burnaby Now editorial team is assistant editor Dan Hilborn, who first started covering city council meetings on Canada Way when he was a 10-speed-riding college student in the 1980s.

"This is a terrific job, and I couldn't imagine doing anything else," says the guy who covers everything from local politics to the environment to reports on local non-profit groups and the good deeds they accomplish in the community.

Hilborn comes from a journalistic family. His grandmother wrote a society page column with the weekly newspaper in Drumheller, Alberta more than 30 years ago, and his grandfather published a newspaper in Calgary during the Great Depression.

Born in the Kootenays on Feb. 29 in an unnamed leap year, Hilborn is a weekend father to 11-year-old Jacob, enjoys being assistant coach of his son's lacrosse team, reading classic history and news magazines, is an accomplished hackey-sack player and loves sunning himself at his favourite beach.

A partial list of awards (to date) follows:

- 1989 - Second place, Dan Hilborn - Western Lacrosse Association 1989 Media Draft
- 1991 - Third place, [Dan Hilborn] - Macmillan Bloedel Hard News Journalism Award
* 1991 - First place, Dan Hilborn - B.C. Telephone Environmental Writing Award
- 1991 - Third place, Dan Hilborn - Macmillan Bloedel Hard News Journalism Award
- 1992 - Second place, Dan Hilborn - Macmillan Bloedel Hard News Journalism Award
* 1993 - B.C. Newspaper Awards - Vancouver Press Club Foundation - Dan Hilborn, Best Business Story (Honorable mention)
* 1995 - First place, Dan Hilborn - B.C. Telephone Environmental Features Award
- 1996 - Honourable Mention, Dan Hilborn - Business Writing Award
* 1996 - First place, Dan Hilborn - Macmillan Bloedel Hard News Journalism Award
* 1996 - First place, Dan Hilborn - Macmillan Bloedel Hard News Journalism Award
- 1996 - Second place - Best Local Election Coverage - Suburban Newspapers of America
- 1996 - Second place - Best Front Page - Suburban Newspapers of America
- 1997 - Second place - Best Election Coverage - Suburban Newspapers of America
* 1998 - First place, Dan Hilborn - CIBC People Who Make a Difference Award
- 2001 - Second-place tie - Best Coverage of Local Business and Economic News - SNA
* 2003 - First place - Best Enviromental Coverage - SNA