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website alicetruong.com
twitter @alicetruong
a writer in a programmer s town
EXPERIENCE EDUCATION
northwestern university
FreelanCe san francisco Medill School of Journalism
(accelerated master s program)
+ uSa toDay oct. 2011-present: Pen column on tech products
+ M.S. in journalism
and produce corresponding Web show; articles regularly
- business reporting
printed in USA Today and syndicated across Gannett
- interactive storytelling
properties and partner sites, including aBC news
+ B.S. in journalism
- print/online journalism
+ DISCoVery Channel june 2011-present: Lead tech writer
- political science double major
for gadgets vertical with contributions to adventure/travel;
editor/researcher for Discovery International s documentary
SKILLS
series How We Invented the World (airing fall 2012)
+ ForBeS jan. 2012-present: Gadget reviews and features + web
CSS/HTML, Django
+ SyFy Channel/DVICe feb. 2012-present: Gadget reviews + video
and features Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro
+ graphics
+ yahoo! neWS may 2012-present: Profiles of tech innovators InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects
+ computer-assisted reporting
+ etC. may 2011-present: Business and tech reporting for SQL, Excel, Access
Facebook Stories, Investor s Business Daily, Silicon Valley/ + content-management system
San Jose Business Journal, gooD, WSJ, among others WordPress, Drupal, Movable Type,
Methode
+ language
English, Cantonese, Fujian/Hokkien
Wall Street Journal hong kong, new york, washington d.c.
+ photography+videography
+ reporter sept. 2010 - april 2011: Reported on Hong Kong real estate; Canon 5D Mark II, Canon T1i
portfolio includes front-page story on Asian WSJ, front-page story
HONORS
of AWSJ s business section, leading property story in U.S. paper s
money and investing section
+ freelancer oct. 2009 - june 2010, july 2011: Reported on tech trends
+ Graduated cum laude
and startups for WSJ s tech blog Digits
+ Dean s list (nine quarters)
+ multimedia intern june - sept. 2009, june - aug. 2010: Shot and edited
videos, compiled interactive graphics, reported for the Web and print + Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor
society
MeDIll neWS SerVICe washington d.c., chicago + Mortar Board senior honor society
+ business reporter sept. 2009 - june 2010: Reported business stories + Alpha Lambda Delta freshman
for wire service; articles picked up by MarketWatch, Fox Business, honor society
Dow Jones, McClatchy, among others + Women s Education Aid Association
scholar
ChICago trIBune/reDeye chicago + Recipeint of John Brownell
+ copy editor dec. 2009 - march 2010: Fact checked, wrote headlines Memorial Scholarship Fund for print
+ reporting intern march - june 2009: Reported on stories for Chicago journalists
Tribune s tabloid publication with a daily circulation of 200,000; + Recipient of Harold F. Grumhaus
portfolio includes two cover stories; articles picked up by Chicago Memorial Scholarship Fund for
tribune, los angeles times, Baltimore Sun, among others journalists