ESTELLE TRAN

E-mail: estellestran@gmail.com ♦ Professional website: http://estelletran.com

EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Anticipated Graduation: April 2011
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Journalism (GPA 3.3)
History (GPA 3.5)

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
 Introduction to Journalism, Newspaper 1, Newspaper 2, The Pitt News, Topics in
Nonfiction: Newspaper, Intensive Reporting, Narrative and Technology, Advanced
Reporting, Writing in the Legal Professions

WORK EXPERIENCE
The Allegheny Front, Pittsburgh, Pa. May 2010 - present
Environmental news radio show on 91.3 WYEP
Contributor August 2010 - present
 Producing on-air news stories, creating videos and slideshows, and photography
Intern May 2010 - Aug. 2010
 Writing and producing radio stories, social networking, photography, researching, recording
interviews for broadcast, and teaching others how to produce audio stories

The Pitt News, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 2007 - present

The daily student newspaper of The University of Pittsburgh
Senior staff writer May 2010 - present
 Writing general news stories and features
Copy editor May 2010 - present
 Editing news, sports, arts and entertainment, and opinions stories for Associated Press style,
grammar, accuracy, and reading ease
Assistant news editor April 2008 - April 2010
 Editing news stories, managing a staff of about 30 writers, assigning stories, leading an
investigative team, writing headlines
Staff writer Sept. 2007 – April 2008
 Writing stories on the Oakland beat

WHIRL Publishing, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 2010 - April 2010

Editorial intern
 Writing short stories and news blurbs for the lifestyle magazine, WHIRL, and the sustainable
food magazine, Edible Allegheny, fact-checking and transcribing interviews.

Branding Brand, Pittsburgh, Pa. June 2009 - Aug. 2009

Journalism intern
 Writing stories for clients, Ecosmart and Chickdowntown, branding and search engine
optimization for this public relations firm
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The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2008

Lab consultant
 Managing printouts, running computer checks, and solving minor computer, printer and
scanner problems

Mochi Magazine, online publication June 2008 – Dec. 2009

Contributor
 Writing news features for this online magazine for Asian and Asian-American teenagers

The Pine Creek Journal, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 2007 - May 2007
Student columnist
 Writing monthly columns for this weekly community newspaper

TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Associated Press style  Microsoft Word and PowerPoint  Search engine optimization
 SEO for Firefox  Adobe Photoshop, InDesign  Adobe Audition
 Audacity and GarageBand  Final Cut Pro and iMovie  Windows and Mac OS

HONORS
 Winner of the Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild’s scholarship, 2010
 Recipient of the Asian American Journalists Association/S.I. Newhouse Foundation
Scholarship, 2008
 Recipient of the Paul E. Schweiger Memorial Scholarship for high school seniors who plan to
study journalism, presented by The Pittsburgh Foundation, 2007

OTHER EXPERIENCE
 Writer of three syndicated articles published by CBS News online via UWIRE (2008)
 Interviewed New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former City Council President Doug Shields,
Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed, former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph
J. Cappy and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg.
 Participated in the Collegiate Challenge in Columbus, Ga. in 2009 and 2010 with Pitt’s Habitat
for Humanity student organization.
 Traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and wrote a story about how college students in
Sarajevo are adjusting to the Bologna Process
 Traveled to Japan as a foreign exchange student and received a full scholarship for my six-
week stay from Mitsubishi Electric and Power Products in the summer of 2006