Bio

Jefferson Hagen has been with Griffins Athletics since 2016, a second career for him after nearly two decades of previous experience working in the media ... He has worked in the sports departments of three major daily newspapers in Alberta - the Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun and Calgary Herald - including serving as sports editor for both the Edmonton Sun and Calgary Herald, prior to Postmedia's merger ... Also previously worked for the Wetaskiwin Times-Advertiser, Camrose Canadian and Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune ... Winner of the Canada West Sports Information written feature of the year in 2025 ... Was a provincial-level ski jumping athlete in high school but quickly realized writing about sports was a more successful career path!