About the Lakelander
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The Lakelander is a city-based culture and lifestyle magazine. We exist to reflect our city and its diversity, to incite pride of place, and to reveal lesser-known facets of our community. We connect people, sources, and ideas. We’re aspirational yet approachable, sophisticated but homegrown. We dig deeper and aren’t afraid of a little grit.
We at The Lakelander are keenly interested in real people and their stories. We wholeheartedly believe Lakeland is brimming with characters and their tales of where they came from, how they got here, and why they chose this particular town in central Florida to call home. Those are the stories we’re after.
Magazine
PUBLISHER
Curt Patterson
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
Jason Jacobs
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jon Sierra
EDITOR
RJ Walters
DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCER
Jordan Randall
DESIGNER
Briana Chenot
STAFF WRITER
Diego De Jesus
Our Team
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Curt Patterson
PUBLISHER
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Isaac Vargas
Advertising Sales
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Dave
Distribution
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Jason Jacobs
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
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Jordan Randall
Digital Media PRODUCER
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Debra Patterson
VP, Finance
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RJ Walters
EDITOR
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Diego DeJesus
Staff Writer
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Sydney Silva
DESIGN INTERN
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Jon Sierra
Creative Director
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Briana Chenot
Graphic Designer
Contact
Advertising
curt@lakelandermedia.com
863.409.2449
EDITORIAL
rj@lakelandermedia.com
SUBSCRIPTIONS
customerservice@pattersonpublishing.com
MAILING
Patterson Jacobs Publishing
PO Box 41
Lakeland, FL 33802
Toll Free 877.279.3010
Phone 863.701.2707
Fax 863.248.3015