Karen Coates/Author, Consultant's Page

Title

Journalist/Author/Media Trainer

Business Name

Redcoates Studios

Preferred Email (Public)

theramblingspoon@gmail.com

Website

http://www.karencoates.com

Phone

505-515-8108

Professional Summary

I'm a journalist, author and media trainer with more than a dozen years of experience, primarily in Asia. My background is in American newspapers, but I've been freelancing for publications around the world since 1998. I'm a correspondent for Archaeology magazine, and I was Gourmet's Asia correspondent until the magazine closed. I cover food, environment, health and social issues. I also develop journalism training curricula. My husband, photojournalist Jerry Redfern, and I offer cultural consulting services for people doing business or living in Asia. I was a 2010-2011 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, where I developed a website and global forum on the future of food. The London Times named my food blog, Rambling Spoon, one of the world's best.

Services Offered

Writing - articles, nonfiction books, essays
Editing - copyediting, news and structural editing, proofreading
Cultural consulting in Asia - for businesses, NGOs & individuals
Media training

Subject Expertise

Food
Environment
Southeast Asia

Clients

I've worked with numerous publications and organizations worldwide, including:
Afar
Archaeology
Cathay Pacific Discovery
Chattahoochee Review
Christian Science Monitor
The Faster Times
Fodor's
GlobalPost
Gourmet
Indochina Media Memorial Foundation
Kyoto Journal
Lonely Planet
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Magazine
National Geographic Books
National Wildlife
OnAsia Images
Orion
RotoVision
Sydney Morning Herald
Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia
US Embassy, Rangoon
Wall Street Journal
Wildlife Conservation
(Please see www.karencoates.com for a publications list.)

Publication and Book Credits

Eternal Harvest: The Legacy of American Bombs in Laos (forthcoming, ThingsAsian Press)
This Way More Better: Travels Along Asia's Back Roads (forthcoming, ThingsAsian Press)
Pacific Lady: The First Woman to Sail Solo across the World's Largest Ocean, co-authored with Sharon Sites Adams (Nebraska 2008)
Cambodia Now: Life in the Wake of War (McFarland, 2005)

Awards

• Selected for the T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professorship, The University of Montana School of Journalism, Fall 2011
• Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado, 2010-11
• MIT Knight Science Journalism Food Boot Camp Fellowship, 2011
• Fund for Investigative Journalism grant, 2010
• August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award, 2006
• Kay Levin Short Nonfiction Award, 2006

Education

• M.S., 1997, University of Oregon; in journalism, anthropology and international studies
• Graduate courses, 1996, Vietnam National University
• B.A., 1993, The University of Montana, journalism and anthropology

Former Employers

Please see CV at www.karencoates.com

Professional Memberships

Society of Environmental Journalists

Contact Information

theramblingspoon@gmail.com

Website

http://www.karencoates.com

Website

http://www.redcoates.net

Website

http://www.appetiteearth.org

Blog

http://ramblingspoon.com/blog

LinkedIn

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Facebook

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Twitter

http://twitter.com/RamblingSpoon