Chelsea is Equine Network’s Western Editorial Director, with a special focus on The Team Roping Journal and The Breakaway Roping Journal.

Shaffer won the 2017 WPRA Media Award, as well as numerous American Horse Publications Awards for her work. A 2010 graduate of Ohio University’s Honor’s Tutorial College, she prioritizes solid news reporting and storytelling in her writing. She lives in Fort Lupton, Colorado, with her husband and daughter.