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Email: Caitlin.Moran(at)patch.com
Phone: 425-440-1280
Hometown: Lake Stevens
Hi there, my name is Caitlin Moran, and I am an editor for the 15 Patch sites in the Puget Sound region.
A little about me: I grew up in Snohomish County and graduated from the University of Portland, where I majored in English and served as editor in chief of the student newspaper.
After graduation, I moved to Baltimore and completed a reporting internship at The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, D.C. I also worked as a copy editor for The York Daily Record/Sunday News in York, Pa., and spent a year as a community reporter for The Gazette, a group of weekly papers in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
I joined Patch in 2010 and managed the Redmond site for two years before transitioning into my current role in early 2013.
In my spare time, I try to take full advantage of the amazing outdoor recreational opportunities available in our region. My favorite activities are backpacking, climbing and skiing.
Where's the most embarrassing place your phone has gone off? Would you use an app that lets you silence your device with a quick whack?

The popular Irish pub will get roomier this winter by adding 1,500 square feet to its space in the Bella Bottega Shopping Center.
Foundations for Learning & Behavior serves children with autism out of an old craftsman home in downtown Redmond.
The following incidents were reported between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday.
The popular Irish pub will get roomier this winter by adding 1,500 square feet to its space in the Bella Bottega Shopping Center.
The following incidents were reported between 6 a.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Thursday.
Foundations for Learning & Behavior serves children with autism out of an old craftsman home in downtown Redmond.
The lives of Gerald Lutz of Seattle, 39, and Eldon Lutz of Kirkland, 37, will be celebrated Saturday at Bonney-Watson funeral home in Seattle
Solomon Metalwala, the missing toddler's father, appeared with his lawyer before TV cameras Wednesday afternoon to issue a renewed plea for associates of the boy's mother to come forward with information.
By Julianne Bogaty, Karen Swenson and Beth Zimmerman
The following incidents were reported between 6 a.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday.
Special patrols will target the downtown area on Sept. 18 and 25
Patti Margeson, wife of Redmond City Council member Hank Margeson, is participating in the three-day event to raise awareness and encourage other women to get screened.
The following incidents were reported between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday.
The Susan G. Komen-sponsored three-day event through Seattle and the Eastside to raise awareness and encourage other women to get screened.
Patti Margeson, wife of Redmond City Council member Hank Margeson, is participating in the three-day event to raise awareness and encourage other women to get screened.
The following incidents were reported between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday.
Redmond resident Debbie Van Wieringen says she and her husband feel like they are among the more fortunate of the 50 or so families who were hit by the so-called movie bandits earlier this year.
A group of nine young men from around the area--at least one of whom was from Issaquah--was targeted with racist graffiti on a trip to Lake Chelan over the Labor Day weekend.
Redmond resident Debbie Van Wieringen says she and her husband feel like they are among the more fortunate of the 50 or so families who were hit by the so-called movie bandits earlier this year.