Brian Truitt Email & Phone Number

Mclean, Va

• Write movie, TV, books, comics and other entertainment pieces for USA Today on all platforms — print, online and mobile • Act as one of the paper’s primary voices as movie critic and regularly appear on national radio stations and podcasts• Active on various social-media platforms including Twitter (with 10,700-plus followers), Facebook and Instagram• Co-host USA TODAY’s geek-culture podcast The Mothership• Travel for high-profile assignments such as covering San Diego Comic-Con and the Toronto International Film Festival, as well as set visits on the biggest movies and TV shows • Correspond daily with movie studios, TV networks, comic book publishers and personal publicists for newspaper and online coverage• Negotiate exclusive movie and TV first looks and clips plus book excerpts and cover reveals

Mclean, Va

• Oversaw features and other stories through the editing, design and deadline process• Wrote celebrity, pop-culture and entertainment cover stories, inside features, briefs and interviews• Maintained official magazine Twitter feed and Facebook page• Wrote for and maintained USA Weekend’s Who’s News Blog

• Wrote music, movie, TV, comics, book and other entertainment features and reviews for daily Washington, D.C., and Baltimore newspapers with a circulation of 260,000 each• Copy-edited and assigned freelance stories and edited wire content on a daily basis• Maintained liaison with national music and movie publicity contacts and local entertainment venues• Interviewed and hired freelance and staff employees when needed

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Music and journalism major, staff writer at The Daily Tar Heel, member of the UNC marching band and wind ensemble

Music Performance, General

Masters work in tuba performance