Stephanie Trong (born 1976 in

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, New York) is an American editor who was the executive editor of the magazine '' Jane'', which had a circulation approaching one million until it shut down in July 2007.

Biography

She was born in

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in 1976, the daughter of a

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engineering executive and his wife, an

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woman of

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descent from

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. While still a child, Stephanie moved from New York State to

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with her parents. She later graduated from the

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with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1998. She joined ''Jane'' magazine in early 1999 as an editorial assistant and was later promoted to assistant editor, associate editor, senior editor, deputy editor and finally executive editor. She was second only to Brandon Holley, the editor-in-chief of the magazine. After a stint at ''Page Six The Magazine'', Trong joined ''

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'' in August 2008 as executive editor for both its ''Nylon'' and ''Nylon Guys'' publications. On April 21, 2010; it was announced by

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that Stephanie Trong would soon join the rapidly expanding

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as its first editorial director. On October 14, 2010, the ''

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'' published an article by Zeke Turner, revealing: "In other moves at Lucky agazine..Ms. Holley has also hired Stephanie Trong, her number two from the Jane years, as deputy editor." Stephanie also appeared on the

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series '' The Fashionista Diaries''.

References

Living people 1976 births American magazine editors American women magazine editors Moody College of Communication alumni American people of Vietnamese descent {{US-editor-stub