Annie Nguyen
Annie is available for
Based in Los Angeles, Annie is excited to collaborate on story editing and reporting projects with teams that reimagine traditional journalism. She seeks work that centers communities as experts, builds long-term relationships rather than parachuting in for stories, and fosters creative, sustainable newsroom cultures rooted in care as a practice.- Business
- Editing
- Producing
- Recording
- Reporting
- Scripting
- Voice
About Annie
Annie Nguyen is a queer and neurospicy award-winning journalist, story editor, reporter, and producer whose work spans long-form narrative, investigative projects, and civic-engagement–driven journalism. She has produced and edited stories for Snap Judgment, Spooked, and the Invisible Institute. At Snap, Annie centered BIPOC storytellers, crafting narratives that embraced joy, horror, and the full spectrum of human experience.
Some of her stories take listeners to unexpected places, from meeting a Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig who lived in a miniature Victorian mansion to exploring the underworld of Christmas tree farms.
With the Invisible Institute, she contributed to the Pulitzer finalist series Somebody and The Police Torture Archive. Her reporting and editorial approach is deeply shaped by abolition and models that center community expertise and participation, developed through her time at City Bureau. Earlier in her career, she honed her craft alongside science and daily news reporters at WGBH, arts reporters at MPR, and producers at WBEZ’s Making Oprah.
Annie's Portfolio
Featuring of my favorite episodes that I produced for Spooked. Pati is really young when she loses her best friend and isn’t sure she’ll ever see him again. Until one day, he shows up, asking to play.
Produced a storytelling campaign for the Alzheimer’s Association’s ListenLine mini-podcast with Snap Judgment, featuring celebrity stories to help families start early conversations about Alzheimer’s and encourage timely diagnosis.
Produced and reported alongside an amazing team at Invisible Institute:
In March 2016, 22-year-old Courtney Copeland wound up with a bullet in his back outside a Chicago Police station and died.
A year later, his mother, Shapearl Wells reached out to the Invisible Institute for help investigating his murder. During the first meeting, she brought a large stack of notes and records she had collected and asked Invisible Institute to assist her in finding out the truth about Courtney's final moments.
Over three years, the investigations team sought answers in Courtney’s death, uncovering new evidence and a compelling list of suspects, and calling the police to account for their actions.
Reported on and contributed to a storytelling initiative documenting Commander Jon Burge’s police torture cases, with the goal of supporting incarcerated survivors in efforts to overturn wrongful convictions.
Experience
Skills
- Voice Coaching
- Translation
- Tape Syncs
- Story Editing
- Sound Design
- Social Media
- Show Development
- Research
- Reporting
- Producing
- Mentoring
- Audience Development
- Marketing
- Logistics and Coordination
- Interviewing
- Hosting
- Field Recording
- Field Producing
- Fact Checking
- Budgeting
- Booking
- Voiceover
Equipment
- Other
- Specialized mics