Crystal Albers joined the Angus Productions Inc. (API) team in June 2003. As associate editor, Albers conducts interviews, writes and edits news and feature articles, compiles columns, coordinates news releases on the Angus e-List and manages updating of current API topic sites for the Angus Journal and Angus Beef Bulletin.

Albers grew up on a farm in rural northeast Kansas, where her family continues to raise corn, soybeans and commercial cattle. She graduated from Kansas State University (K-State) in May 2003 with a double major in print journalism and public relations and a minor in agronomy.

During her four years at K-State, Albers wrote for the Kansas State Collegian and completed internships at Heartland Health and Eagle Radio Inc., both of Saint Joseph, Mo. She was a member of several academic honor societies, including Phi Eta Sigma, National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) and Golden Key Honour Society. She also participated in the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and K-State's academic honors program.

Albers resides with her husband, Mark, in Doniphan County, Kansas.