Des Moines Register
Job: Sports editor
Years at the Register: 26
I grew up in: Farley, a town of about 1,700 in Dubuque County
I live in: Ankeny
I graduated from: Western Dubuque High School in Epworth and the University of Iowa.
Family: Wife, Jill; daughter, Maisa; and cat, Skipper.
Email: jkramer@dmreg.com
Why journalism? The kitchen table was always full of newspapers when I was growing up, and I spent a lot of time reading the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Des Moines Register.