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PEGGY TRUONG

WORK EXPERIENCE
New York Magazine, New York April 2011 present Freelance fact-checker (April July 2011); Freelance reporter April 2011 present) fact-checking bars in New York region for website using NY Magazines CMS and internal spreadsheets covering entertainment events including the Tony Awards Nominees reception, The Carnegie Hall Gala Honoring Bill Cunningham, Tribeca Ball and the premiere of The Artist, War Horse and Hugo Variety, New York September 2010 present Editorial intern (September December 2010); Freelance reporter (January 2011 present) reporting and writing entertainment and theater stories; covering red carpet events including the National Board of Review Awards, the premiere of Blue Valentine, W.E. and Hysteria International Business Times, New York July 2011 May 2012 Entertainment reporter wrote entertainment stories for traffic-based Web site; generating up to 10,000 unique visitors (daily) through appropriate headlines, keywords and other SEO-related tactics created photo galleries for entertainment section and other sections, including breaking news and tech NBC Universal Local Integrated Media, New York June August 2010 Multimedia and news intern procured, edited and published multiple national interest photo galleries including Rock Stars: Then and Now, which grossed more than 70 million page views The New York Times: Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Hyperlocal Blog, New York January May 2010 Intern produced stories on the environmental beat, including the Fort Greene compost project and the community garden at the Ingersoll public houses; conducted crowd sourcing projects and recruited local writers launched a weekly photo and text journal entry about an elementary school garden initiative

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
New York Magazine, Variety, City Limits Magazine, The New York Times, West Side Spirit, Westside Independent

EDUCATION
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism Master of Arts in Journalism, December 2010 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, May 2006

SKILLS
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Bridge CS3, Final Cut Pro 6.0.6, Soundslides; Hardware: Marantz PMD 660 and 620 Audio Recorders, Sony PD 170 Video Camera, Flipvideo Ultra Camera, Canon Rebel XTi; Misc: WordPress, Flickr, Tumblr, Twitter, Tweetdeck, basic HTML; Additional Languages: Cantonese

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