Karen Kefauver

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Karen Kefauver’s Summary

Karen Kefauver is a freelance journalist specializing in multimedia stories (text, photos and video) on adventure travel and endurance sports. She is an expert outdoors writer for Orbitz's travel website Away.com and contributes to Her Sports, Adventure Travel and Singletrack magazines.

Karen has covered the X Games, the Hawaii Ironman World Championship and the bicycling festival, Sea Otter Classic. She launched her freelance career in 1996, after working as an arts and entertainment editor at a weekly newspaper in Santa Cruz, California.

Her feature stories have appeared in dozens of publications including:
The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
The San Jose Mercury News
The Dallas Morning News
The Christian Science Monitor
Triathlete
South Bay Accent
Velo News Cycling

Roadside trapezes, backcountry kayaking, mountain biking, cenote-swimming and other adventure travels are subjects of her stories and digital photos. Her photos have been published with her stories in The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine and The San Jose Mercury News, among others.

Based in Santa Cruz, California, Karen enjoys yoga and cross-country mountain biking and cyclocross bike racing.

Contact Karen with story and or photography assignments at: http://www.karenkefauver.com

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Karen Kefauver’s Interests:

Cyclo-cross bike racing, yoga, mountain bike cross country racing, Banff Mountain Film Festival, travel, ethnic food

Karen Kefauver’s Groups:

Adventure Travel Trade Association
BATW - Bay Area Travel Writers
Outdoor Industries Women's Coalition
USA Cycling
Adventure Cycling Association
Toastmasters International - Certified Public Speaker
Bike to Work - advocate and former board member
Santa Cruz County Cycling Club, Women In Business Santa Cruz