Nina Thorsen

Nina Thorsen

Producer, Radio

Nina Thorsen is a KQED radio producer, and frequently reports on sports and culture.   She co-created and produced KQED's Pacific Time,  a weekly radio program on Asian and Asian American issues that aired from 2000 to 2007. Before coming to KQED, Thorsen was the deputy foreign editor for Marketplace, and in her home state of Minnesota, worked for A Prairie Home Companion and for Public Radio International.  

By Nina Thorsen
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released this photo of the aftermath of the Chevron refinery fire in Richmond. Photo by Fototaker.net.

Bay Area Lawmaker Takes on Trump Over Federal Chemical Safety Agency, Again

Latest of Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms Targets Several in Bay Area Over DEI

A crowd of people wearing Oakland A's clothing stand together in a parking lot. The person in the middle wears a plastic fish mask and holds a sign reading "A's Fish(er) rots from the head down!"

A’s to Play Their Next Season in Sacramento

A grey-haired person with glasses looks down.

Remembering Asian American Advocate and Journalist Nguyễn Quí Đức

The A’s Are One Step Closer to Leaving Oakland

Many people clapping at an A's baseball game with bight lights and dark sky in the distance

Oakland Mayor Downplays Rumors A's Are Leaving Town

A close-up shot of marijuana leaves covering the entire frame

How Will Biden's Cannabis Pardon Affect California?

A man and woman stand next to each other. The man is wearing a business suit and light blue mask in front of a microphone and the woman is wearing a navy blue jacket with a red beaded necklace and multicolored mask.

Omicron Leaves SF With Hundreds of Public Employees Out Sick

Abdulrahman al-Sadhan in graduation cap and gown

Pelosi Condemns Saudi Authorities for ‘Brutal Sentencing’ of Aid Worker With Bay Area Ties

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