Contributor, Pacific Time
Nguyen Qui Duc joins KQED Public Radio's Pacific Time staff as host with a wealth of journalism and media experience. Recently, he has worked as general manager for the Vietnamese Broadcasting Network (VBN), a division of SkyView Media Group, a provider of foreign-language television services on DirectTV. Nguyen also is a former National Public Radio commentator for All Things Considered.
In 1989, he was honored by the Overseas Press Club with a Citation for Excellence for his documentary series on Vietnam, produced for NPR. From 1986 to 1993, he was production manager for public radio station KALW-FM in San Francisco. From 1984 to 1986, Nguyen worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation in London as a production assistant, announcing daily news and current affairs programs and translating news material.
Nguyen is also an author and translator. His book Where the Ashes Are, published in 1993, is a memoir of his life in Vietnam -- and his life in America after 1975.
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