Geoff Van Dyke oversees 5280’s day-to-day editorial operations and edits long-form narratives and feature packages. Van Dyke joined the magazine in 2007 after three years of full- time freelance writing and editing; from 2009 through 2011 he helped lead 5280 to a total of 24 City and Regional Magazine Association award nominations, including nods in General Excellence and Excellence in Writing categories. Van Dyke has edited stories by 5280 staffers that have been anthologized in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Crime Reporting, and Best Food Writing. His writing has appeared in national publications including Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Outside, Bicycling, and two fantastic but now defunct magazines: Play: The New York Times Sports Magazine and Rodale’s Best Life. Before his stint as a freelancer, Van Dyke was an editor at Men’s Journal. He studied English as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he lives in Denver with his wife and two sons.