CAROLYN PATTEN

Santa Fe, NM USA

Professional Experience

FROM INSPIRATION TO EXECUTION -- Versatile, well-published freelance writer and editor. Travel writing, personalities, home and garden, lifestyles, and health: life in Mexico, fine architecture, food and wine, antiques, acupuncture and celebrities. Editing from concept to final proof, factchecking and copyediting.

Expertise

Copy Editor
10 Years
Editor
8 Years
Writer
15 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle
15 Years
Home & Garden
15 Years
Travel
15 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
5 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
10 Years
PR (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients
14 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

19 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Palm Springs Life Magazine (10+), The Oregonian daily newspaper (10+), The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper (6-10), Thrive Magazine, Palm Springs, CA (6-10), DK Eyewitness Travel Guides (6-10)

Other Work History

Palm Springs Life Magazine/Senior Editor Marylhurst University, Adjunct Prof. in online PR certificate program City of Palm Springs, Tourism PR Director Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage, PR Director

Foreign Language Skills

Spanish

Computer Skills

Office Suite applications, OS 10.9.5

Equipment

Macbook laptop, Canon digital camera, audio recorder

Awards

Mazatlan Hotel Association Golden Deer for best international travel feature

Showcase

General

Writing Portfolio/website
(5/20/2025)
Recent published writing is all accessible here.