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Elite Truong

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Recent:
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Past:
  • Washington Post
  • Poynter
  • Tasting Table
  • The Billfold
  • Nieman Lab
  • chicagotribune.com

Past articles by Elite:

3-D spacesuits: The evolution from Mercury and Apollo 11 to Space X

Explore five iconic spacesuits in 3-D and more than 50 years of spaceflight in a dialogue between The Washington Post’s space industry reporter Christian Davenport and fashion critic Robin Givhan. → Read More

Next Steps: Why a former scientist left academia to make explainer videos

“Sometimes it’s better to be done than to be perfect, because you never release it and never move on.” → Read More

Next Steps: Why a BuzzFeed manager quit to design her own career path

“Should I make this a permanent move at BuzzFeed? Am I good at this? ... → Read More

These Are the Cheapest Places to Travel To This October

Avoid the summer crowds and holiday tourists by booking a cheap fall getaway to one of these five domestic and international cities. → Read More

How an Amazon software engineer became a data journalist at FiveThirtyEight

“Who am I to be explaining these concepts that people have been ... studying forever? → Read More

Planning for My Parents’ Retirement

I don’t want my parents to worry about bills they can’t pay once they don’t have an income. → Read More

Listen: How a corporate aviation communications director built a freelance business

FROM THE ARCHIVES | The last time Wilson applied to a job was in 1992. → Read More

How a corporate aviation communications director built a freelance business

“This man was encouraging a 6-year-old black girl to be a pilot, which was ... unusual back then, but it never left me. → Read More

How this medical reporter became a full-time journalism professor

“At the beginning, most of [my students] have never read a newspaper. → Read More

This viral news editor quit her job to become a freelance illustrator

“I started to think about what it would be like to not live in survival mode and what it meant like to really live...I’m gonna take this huge r → Read More

This Chicago TV anchor quit his job to become a Lyft driver and podcaster

“Why would this news anchor from a major market quit his job to drive Lyft? It just doesn’t make sense.” Anthony Ponce realizes how it looks to fellow journalists. Ten years into his career as an a… → Read More

How an NBC anchor became a Lyft driver and podcaster

“Why would this news anchor from a major market quit his job to drive Lyft? It just doesn’t make sense.” Anthony Ponce realizes how it looks to fellow journalists. Ten years into his career as an a… → Read More

Thinking about making the jump to freelance? Here's what you need to know

Claire Carusillo left her full-time social media job last year to jump-start her writing career. Since college, she wanted to become a staff writer at a website or magazine. But she noticed that the people producing creative work she liked were largely freelancers — very few had staff jobs. Like many journalists, she started with social media to get her foot in the door. By going the social… → Read More

Thinking about making the jump to freelance? Here’s what you need to know

Claire Carusillo left her full-time social media job last year to jump-start her writing career. Since college, she wanted to become a staff writer at a website or magazine. But she noticed that th… → Read More

How journalists practice self-care while covering tough stories

Writing is hard. → Read More

How journalists practice self-care while covering tough stories

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. → Read More

Want to make your journalism better? Sketch it out.

Working with product designers a few years ago changed the way I looked at news. As a web producer and writer, I’d been equipped with plenty of legacy writing tools to solve problems and tell stori… → Read More

The journalist's guide to shameless self-promotion

FROM THE ARCHIVES | How can journalists and their colleagues promote their work so it stands out from all the noise? → Read More

The journalist’s guide to shameless self-promotion

Creative professionals are inundated with information on an hourly basis. So how can journalists and their colleagues promote their work so it stands out from all the noise? Self-promotion is a ski… → Read More

Starter storytelling tools for new journalists

One of the most common questions I get as a technical person in media from new journalists is, “What are your favorite storytelling tools?” There’s a big focus on tools and the next big thing in fi… → Read More