TIÊN NGUYỄN

Historian's Take | Series Producer & Co-Writer

10-part series that explores history through the lens of pop culture in collaboration with CAAM. PBS Origins

Nominated for 2023 Daytime Emmy for Educational and Informational Program & 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Form Series Reality/Nonfiction

Free Chol Soo Lee Shorts | Series Producer

3-part series on Asian American history inspired by the documentary film Free Chol Soo Lee. ITVS

Artbound Shorts | Series Producer

3 short documentaries showcasing the work of women and non-binary artists in Los Angeles. PBS SoCal

Hidden History of Freedom Suits | Writer

Decades before abolition, enslaved people sued for their freedom in court and won. This is the story of how some of the most disenfranchised people in our history fought and expanded rights for everyone. WHYY & PBS Digital Studios

Why Women Don't Play Baseball | Writer

Did you know that women have been playing baseball for nearly as long as men? Despite this rich history, we don’t think of baseball as a women’s sport. So who are the women who first broke the gender barrier, and who are the women pushing the sport forward today? WHYY & PBS Digital Studios

Why The Sheep Had One Eye | Writer

In the 1950s, a group of ranchers in Idaho were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with only one eye. Here’s how, decades later, one team of biologists stumbled upon the answer. TED-ED

Surprising Filters | Writer, Director, Editor

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University unveil a liquid membrane that flips the script on particle filtration. C&EN

Won the 2018 DC Science Writers Association Newsbrief Award for Multimedia

Saving Cima Dome | Writer, Director, Producer

In 2020, the Dome Fire swept through one of the largest Joshua tree forests in the world, killing an estimated 1.3 million Joshua trees. Can conservationists save this fragile ecosystem? Knowable Magazine

Best Burial Methods | Writer, Director

Traditional burial methods have carbon footprints that have some people looking for other options for the afterlife. Let’s see how our options for the hereafter stack up. C&EN

Won the 2020 Association Media & Publishing’s EXCEL Gold in Digital Video

After leaving science for storytelling, I cut my teeth as a multimedia journalist. I wrote dozens of articles on drugs, dino poop, death, the environment, and more. Here are a handful of my favorite stories.I've followed my curiosity from science to history. I also appreciate learning the challenges and charms of various forms of writing. In my spare time, I've been practicing the craft of writing narrative fiction scripts.

Print & Audio Journalism:
Will the world ever be ready for solar geoengineering? | C&EN
The long road to relief from endometriosis | C&EN
The science behind the blockbuster drug Ozempic | Tiny Matters Podcast

Personal Writing:
How I broke into science writing | Advice for students
My real birth day story | Family history essayScreenwriting:
THE SLIP | Short screenplay, available upon request | Logline: When a wardrobe malfunction strikes, a struggling Viet altar girl risks it all to save her big day.

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