American television journalist (born c. 1979)
Vicky Nguyen
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Nguyen in 2021
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Born
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1979 (age 44–45)
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Education
| Degree in communications (minor in biology)
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Alma mater
| University of San Francisco
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Occupation
| Investigative reporter
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Years active
| 2000?present
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Television
| NBC News
Investigative and Consumer Correspondent
(2019?present)
KNTV
NBC Bay Area
Investigative Reporter: NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit
(2007?2019)
KSAZ
Fox 10 News Phoenix
(2004?2007)
KOLO
ABC Reno affiliate
Central Florida News 13
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Children
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Website
| vickynguyen
.com
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Vicky Nguyen
(born
c.
1979
)
[2]
[3]
is a
Vietnamese
-born American
investigative journalist
working with
NBC News
in
New York City
. Nguyen joined NBC News in April 2019 as the Investigative and Consumer correspondent. Her reporting has been seen on
The Today Show
,
3rd Hour Today
,
Nightly News with Lester Holt
,
NBC News Now
and
MSNBC
.
Prior to moving to New York, Nguyen worked for
KNTV
, the
NBC
owned-and-operated station in the
San Francisco Bay Area
. There, she served as a senior investigative reporter for the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit and anchor of the Sunday evening news on NBC Bay Area. Before joining NBC Bay Area, Nguyen worked at various television stations in
Florida
,
Nevada
and
Arizona
.
[4]
Early life and education
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]
Nguyen was born in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
. At a very young age, she and her parents fled Vietnam as refugees. After two days, two nights and a Thai pirate attack on the open ocean, their boat landed on the coast of
Malaysia
, where Nguyen and her family stayed in a refugee camp for 14 months. At age 2, Nguyen immigrated to the United States.
[5]
A family in
Eugene, Oregon
sponsored her family to America. She spent most of her childhood in
San Jose
and
Santa Rosa
, and became a
U.S. citizen
at age 10.
[2]
Nguyen went on to attend college at the
University of San Francisco
on an academic scholarship. During her time at the university, Nguyen was a member of the cheer squad and served as president of her student body. In 2000, she graduated as
valedictorian
of her class with a degree in communications and a minor in biology.
[2]
[3]
[6]
Professional career
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Nguyen started her career with
Central Florida News 13
in
Orlando, Florida
. While there, she shot, wrote and edited her stories before delivering live reports.
[2]
She wrote on her blog, "I was a 'one man band.' I shot my own video on a 20 pound DVC Pro camera (and) carried my own 15 pound tripod."
[3]
She then moved to
ABC
affiliate
KOLO
in
Reno, Nevada
as a nightside reporter and fill-in anchor.
[7]
Following her time in
Reno
, Nguyen moved to
Phoenix, Arizona
to work with
KSAZ
. At
KSAZ
, she was able to cover national stories. Notable interviews include
Alex Trebek
,
Tyra Banks
,
Shaquille O'Neal
and
Senator
John McCain
. Nguyen also had the opportunity to cover the
Baseline Killer
and
Serial Shooter
investigations while with
KSAZ
, which was the first instance in which two separate serial killers attacked the same city at the same time.
[2]
Nguyen returned to
Northern California
in January 2007, and started working with
NBC Bay Area
as a freelance reporter. Shortly thereafter she was hired full-time, and worked as a special assignment reporter for
KNTV
.
[3]
Nguyen was eventually promoted to anchor/senior investigative reporter with
KNTV
. While in that role, she worked closely with the
NBC Bay Area
Investigative Unit.
[8]
In April 2019, Nguyen moved from
California
to
New York
to accept a new role as an investigative and consumer correspondent for
NBC News
. Since joining
NBC News
she has been on
The Today Show
,
3rd Hour Today
,
Nightly News with Lester Holt
,
NBC News Daily
and
MSNBC
.
[
citation needed
]
She also co-anchors
NBC News Daily
.
Awards
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Nguyen was honored with the 2019
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award
for "Drivers Under Siege" about the rise in violent attacks on Bay Area bus operators.
[
citation needed
]
Her work has also been recognized with the
Scripps Howard Award
, the
Gerald Loeb Award
,
[9]
the
National Press Club
's
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi Award
, three Gracie awards, two Clarion awards, 15 regional Emmy awards and three regional Murrow awards.
[
citation needed
]
In addition, she has earned several awards from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) and the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA).
[2]
References
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Nguyen, Vicky; Villareal, Mark (2015-04-30).
"Saigon to Silicon Valley: Investigative Reporter Vicky Nguyen's Personal Story"
.
NBC Bay Area
. Retrieved
May 27,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
"NBC Bay Area-Biographies"
.
NBCUniversal
. Archived from
the original
on July 21, 2013 – via
Internet Archive
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"About Me"
.
VickyNguyen.com
. Archived from
the original
on June 26, 2018
. Retrieved
May 12,
2013
– via
Internet Archive
.
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"Vicky Nguyen"
.
NBC Bay Area
. May 21, 2012.
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Pepitone, Julianne (January 29, 2019).
"
'I had to fight for what I deserved': Vicky Nguyen's Know Your Value moment"
. nbcnews.com
. Retrieved
April 10,
2019
.
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"Telling Their Own Story"
.
USF Magazine
. Winter 2012. Archived from
the original
on September 16, 2013 – via
Internet Archive
.
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"Vicky Nguyen LinkedIn"
. LinkedIn.
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"NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit"
.
KNTV
. 27 March 2009. Archived from
the original
on December 16, 2018
. Retrieved
February 1,
2019
– via
Internet Archive
.
- ^
a
b
"UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2015 Gerald Loeb Award Winners"
.
UCLA Anderson School of Management
. June 24, 2015
. Retrieved
January 31,
2019
.
- ^
Porter, Sue (March 17, 2015).
"Scripps Howard Awards Honor Nation's Best 2014 Journalism"
. Archived from
the original
on February 14, 2018
. Retrieved
April 10,
2019
.
- ^
"2019 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced"
. journalism.columbia.edu. December 11, 2018
. Retrieved
April 10,
2019
.
(77th annual awards ceremony on January 22, 2019)
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"Variety's 2020 New York Women's Impact Report"
. variety.com. June 9, 2020
. Retrieved
June 22,
2020
.
External links
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Gerald Loeb Award for Video/Audio (2014?2015)
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(2014?2015)
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Gerald Loeb Award for Audio (2016?2023)
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(2016?2019)
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- 2016:
Annette Elizabeth Allen
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Chris Arnold
,
Uri Berliner
,
Neal Carruth
,
Heidi Glenn
,
Alyson Hurt
,
Avie Schneider
,
Lori Todd
,
John Ydstie
,
Ariel Zambelich
- 2017:
Alex Blumberg
,
Lisa Chow
,
Alexandra Johnes
,
Luke Malone
,
Molly Messick
,
Simone Polanen
,
Kaitlin Roberts
, Bruce Wallace
- 2018:
David Brancaccio
,
Katie Long
,
Nicole Childers
,
Ben Tolliday
,
Daniel Ramirez
,
Paulina Velasco
- 2019:
Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak
,
Liz Essley White
,
Joe Yerardi
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(2020?2023)
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- 2020:
Najib Aminy
,
Fernando Arruda
,
John Barth
,
Jim Briggs
,
Andrew Donohue
,
Byard Duncan
,
Will Evans
,
Mwende Hinojosa
,
Esther Kaplan
,
Al Letson
,
Melissa Lewis
,
Katharine Mieszkowski
,
David Rodriguez
,
Kevin Sullivan
,
Taki Telonidis
,
Matt Thompson
,
Hannah Young
,
Rachel de Leon
,
Reveal
staff
- 2021:
Najib Aminy
,
Fernando Arruda
,
Jim Briggs
,
Andy Donohue
,
Byard Duncan
,
Rosemarie Ho
,
Gabe Hongsdusit
,
Amy Julia Harris
,
Eren K. Wilson
,
Esther Kaplan
,
Al Letson
,
Katharine Mieszkowski
,
Sarah Mirk
,
Amy Mostafa
,
Claire Mullen
,
Brett Myers
,
Amanda Pike
,
David Rodriguez
,
Ike Sriskandarajah
,
Laura Starecheski
,
Kevin Sullivan
,
Matt Thompson
,
Shoshona Walter
,
Hannah Young
,
Narda Zacchino
- 2022:
Anna Maria Barry-Jester
,
Miki Meek
- 2023 (tie):
Rachel Adams-Heard
,
Jeff Grocott
,
Allison Herrera
,
Davis Land
,
Samantha Storey
,
Victor Yvellez
- 2023 (tie): Jacob Borg,
Russell Finch
,
Stephen Grey
, Nikka Singh,
Wondery
Miniseries Team
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Gerald Loeb Award for Video (2016?2023)
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(2016?2019)
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- 2016:
Drew Evans
,
Joanna Stern
- 2017:
John Carlos Frey
,
Shawn Efran
,
Greg Gilderman
,
Solly Granatstein
,
Manuel Iglesias Perez
,
Neil Katz
,
Brandon Kieffer
,
Marcus Stern
,
Marisa Venegas
,
Monica Villamizar
- 2018:
Laurence B. Chollet
,
Jeff Bernier
,
Chris Buck
,
Kyra Darnton
,
Erik German
,
Karen M. Sughrue
,
Noah Madoff
,
Solana Pyne
,
Maria Villasenor
- 2019:
Fritz Kramer
,
Kate McCormick
,
Emma Schwartz
,
Laura Sullivan
,
Rick Young
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(2020?2023)
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- 2020:
Bill Angelucci
,
Lisa Cavazuti
,
Cynthia McFadden
,
Daniel Nagin
,
Christine Romo
- 2021:
Anna Auster
,
Rebecca Blandon
,
Shaunagh Connaire
,
Thomas Jennings
,
Hannah Kuchler
,
Nick Verbitsky
,
Annie Wong
- 2022:
Liz Day
,
Samantha Stark
- 2023:
Till Daldrup
,
Robert Libetti
,
Jane Lytvynenko
,
Alistair MacDonald
,
Costas Paris
,
Lisa Schwartz
,
Emma Scott
,
Christopher S. Stewart
,
Ben Weltman
,
Avani Yadav
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