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Karen Catchpole

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  • Freelance Travel and Food Writer, Freelance
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As seen in: CNN Travel, MSN, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, Atlas Obscura, Flipboard, Lonely Planet, The Minnesota Star Tribune, Travel + Leisure and
Covers:  Travel in the Americas with a focus on independent adventure travel, luxury travel, food, wine and alcohol, and hotels
Follow me on our Trans-Americas Journey - www.trans-americas.com

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Karen Catchpole’s Biography

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Karen is a freelance travel and food writer. Her career started when she helped create Sassy magazine at age 20. Three years later, she left to freelance and edit at most of the top women's magazines in the US. She created a show for MTV, produced for the Jon Stewart Show, launched a show at Oxygen Media, then helped create and edit Jane magazine.

In 2006 she quit her job as deputy editor of SHOP Etc., put her belongings in storage, and embarked on the ongoing Trans-Americas Journey working roa…

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Stories by Karen Catchpole : Contently

SATW award-winning travel & food writer whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Afar, Tr…

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A guide to Patagonia, Argentina

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By Karen Catchpole 
| Lonely Planet
The word Patagonia conjures dreamy images of wide-open spaces, remote natural beauty, massive glaciers, soaring Andes, outdoor adventures and iconic wildlife on land and at sea. The Patagonia region of Argentina, which includes the southernmost third of the country all the way south to Ushuaia, the most southerly city in the world, delivers all that and more.
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How to Feast Your Way Through Argentina’s Mendoza Wine Region

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By Karen Catchpole 
| Eater
Buenos Aires has long been an established South American culinary capital, attracting international visitors with well-awarded restaurants. The same can’t be said for Mendoza, the country’s popular western wine region. Though the area has chef Francis Mallmann, famous for his live-fire cooking, Mendoza was generally better known for its wineries than its restaurants.
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Una guida per il vostro primo viaggio in Paraguay

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By Karen Catchpole 
| Lonely Planet Italia
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I won an internship at the local newspaper as part of a journalism award. Then I moved to Australia and began working in trade publications.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I was a founding editor and creator of Sassy magazine and we produced the first issue using typewriters.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via email.

Awards

Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award

2014 - Foreign Travel

Honorable mention for this story about controversial Pablo Escobar tourism in Colombia: https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2013/selling-pablo/

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