Hm, I may get in on this.
Name: Dirk Mathews
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Role: News Corespondent (Civilian)
Description: Taller than average with obscenely good hair.
Personality: On camera he can go from cheerful and ecstatic to solemn at a moment's notice. Off camera he is consistently arrogant, self involved and has a tendency to forget that most of the people on board can technically order him around.
Origin: Earthling, born and raised, Dirk has been through enough nations, colonies, and stations in his adult life to give him the nearly neutral accent that the networks love.
Background: Dirk had long been a minor reporter for ISNN (Inter Stellar News Network, finest name in FTL broadcasting) when the network finally arranged for a corespondent to accompany an exploratory SCSS vessel, the Hawking. Not wanting to lose an anchor, even for such a large role, they pulled one of their unknowns and Dirk got his big break. It did not take long for his ego to grow to match his new position.