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Victoria Le

Garden Grove

Summary

I am a bilingual journalist with local newsroom experience with the Pasadena Star-News, Orange County Register and more. I have a proven track record of landing front-page stories and closely providing detailed, ongoing and accurate local news coverage. A recent college graduate with degrees in English and Literary Journalism, I served as editor in chief and news editor for multiple student publications.


Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Local News Desk Intern

Pasadena Star News
06.2025 - 09.2025
  • Thrived in a fast-paced work environment, reporting daily over the span of 12 weeks — a mix of general assignment, features, investigative and breaking news, with a focus on fire recovery, immigration and AAPI communities.
  • Closely monitored and provided coverage of South Pasadena, Arcadia and Alhambra.
  • Landed several front page and trending articles.

Editor in Chief

Civil Engineering Department
10.2024 - 06.2025
  • Developed training materials and a journalistic style-guide to train a team of 5 writers.
  • Edited articles, compiling a collection of 10 articles for the quarterly newsletter read by thousands of UC Irvine staff and students.
  • Pitched and wrote articles, conducting interviews with Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty and students.

Radio News Broadcaster

Kuci Fm
10.2022 - 06.2025
  • Pitched and scripted weekly radio segments with a fast-paced turnaround date.
  • Led a news production team to deliver weekly global news segments to be broadcasted on-air.
  • Regularly conducted interviews and practiced rigorous fact-checking.

News Desk Intern

Orange County Register
06.2024 - 08.2024
  • Researched and wrote 30+ articles in the span of 10 weeks, including several front page stories.
  • Assisted Social Media team in writing scripts and producing Instagram videos.
  • Reported general assignment, features, investigative and breaking news, with a focus on AAPI communities.


Education

Bachelor of Arts - English, Literary Journalism

University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
06-2025

Skills

  • Bilingual in English and Vietnamese
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment
  • Attention to detail, factual accuracy
  • Communications
  • Problem-solving
  • Flexible schedule

Timeline

Local News Desk Intern

Pasadena Star News
06.2025 - 09.2025

Editor in Chief

Civil Engineering Department
10.2024 - 06.2025

News Desk Intern

Orange County Register
06.2024 - 08.2024

Radio News Broadcaster

Kuci Fm
10.2022 - 06.2025

Bachelor of Arts - English, Literary Journalism

University of California, Irvine

Awards

Neil Bibler Journalism Award 

The Nation Grantee

Phi Beta Kappa 

Simon Scholars Scholarship Program

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