ESTELLE TRAN

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

EDUCATION University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Bachelor of Arts, 3.4 GPA Majors: English writing - journalism History

April 2011

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Introduction to Journalism, Newspaper 1, Newspaper 2, The Pitt News, Topics in Nonfiction: Newspaper, Intensive Reporting, Narrative and Technology, Advanced Reporting, Ethics, Law and Public Policy in the Mass Media , Writing in the Legal Professions

WORK EXPERIENCE Platts, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Nov. 2011 - present

Assistant editor and reporter Reporting on the steel construction products for Steel Business Briefing, an online steel trade publication, creating price assessments and editing Steel Markets Daily, a daily report of raw materials news

Gas Business Briefing, Pittsburgh, Pa.

March 2011 Nov. 2011

Editorial intern Reporting and writing short business, legislative and general news stories for this independent trade publication, which covers the natural gas industry

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 April 2011

The daily student newspaper of The University of Pittsburgh Copy editor May 2010 May 2011 Editing news, sports, arts and entertainment, and opinions stories for Associated Press style, grammar, accuracy, and reading ease Senior staff writer May 2010 May 2011 Writing general news stories and features 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 Page 1 of 2

Estelle Trans rsum 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 Researching and writing stories for clients, Ecosmart and Chickdowntown, and search engine optimization

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.

Student columnist Writing monthly columns for this weekly community newspaper

Jan. 2007 - May 2007

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 Guilds 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, former Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed, former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy and University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg Traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the winter of 2009 and 2010 and wrote a story about how college students in Sarajevo are adjusting to the Bologna Process Participated in the Collegiate Challenge in Columbus, Ga. in 2009 and 2010 with Pitts Habitat for Humanity student organization 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

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