Carol Patton, Freelance Journalist/Writer
Professional Summary
As a freelance journalist for 25+ years, I’ve written more than 1,500 published articles covering business, education, health, health care, technology, fashion, and lifestyle.
Publication Credits-online and print
My work has appeared in 50+ print publications and websites. Here’s a sampling:
- AARP’s Employer Resource Center website
- Heart Insight (American Heart Association publication)
- Human Resource Executive (contributing editor)
- Hong Kong Trade Development Council website
- Philadelphia Business Journal
- The Rheumatologist
- Scholastic Administrator
- Sportswear International
Awards/Recognitions:
- 18th Annual National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation Print Journalism Award 2012 – trade category
- Finalist – 2014 Digital & Print Azbee Award
- Finalist – 21st Annual Health Care Print Journalism Award, June 2015
Education
- 1980: Master of Arts Degree, Community Counseling, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
- 1978: Bachelor of Science Degree, Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Books
- Doctor’s Digest guidebooks: Managing Your Practice, Resolving Practice
Dilemmas, Finding Work-Life Balance, and Guide to Well-Being, 2005 - Men Mentoring Men handbook: Fathering Through Divorce, 2009
- The Adventures of Mo eBook, 2021 (Available on Amazon)
Mo, an adventurous Alaskan dog, finds a mysterious key attached to a keychain labeled “Florida”. So he and his daring bird friend hop onto the roof of a delivery truck—without the driver ever noticing—and ride through all 50 states to return it!
Each chapter whisks kids into a new state with fun adventures, surprising history, cool geography, and easy compass clues.