Our Staff Picks page is so full of fascinating people and stories to learn from, it’s almost addictive! Here we have our four favorite Staff Picks for the week, but rest assured the selection wasn’t easy. We hope you enjoy browsing their pages and if you do, don’t forget to leave them some compliments.

A young photographer, Chaz Stanback sees the world through the viewfinder of his DSLR. Looking to break into the field of photojournalism, be sure to have a look at some of his photos linked from his page.

Lily Wan is a journalist who is into traveling, urban design and biking. She writes on a beautiful blog called Lily+Bike(+Food) which you can find on her page.

A writer who writes about literature, Prashanth Gopalan grew up in India and has lived in Europe and the Middle East before settling in Canada. While at University of Waterloo he founded TedxUW.