Vicky Nguyen
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Vicky Nguyen (born c. 1979)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
Nguyen was born in
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
Michelle Wie
, at the University of San Francisco (2021)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
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]
NBC
Nguyen returned to
NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.[8]
In April 2019, Nguyen moved from
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
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]
- 2015 Scripps Howard Award – Jack R. Howard Award for Television/Cable In-Depth Local Coverage.[10]
- 2015 Gerald Loeb Award – Video/Audio Winner.[9]
- 2019 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award.[11]
- 2020 New York Woman of Impact by Variety[12]
References
- ^ 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.
- NBC Bay Area. May 21, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Telling Their Own Story". USF Magazine. Winter 2012. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Vicky Nguyen LinkedIn". LinkedIn.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Variety's 2020 New York Women's Impact Report". variety.com. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.