Sen Nguyen, Oral History Interview, 2023

Title

Sen Nguyen, Oral History Interview, 2023

This interview is only available by request. Please contact lib_archives@emich.edu for more information.

Digital File ID

DigitalCommons Record

Performer

Sen Nguyen

Interviewer

Dr. You Li

Description

Sen Nguyen is an investigative journalist, podcast host, and producer based in Hong Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She covers policies and developments of public interest with a particular focus on marginalized populations in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. She has produced stories for Vietnam, Cambodia, the U.K., and Australia, and published them in the South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, Thompson Reuters, CNN, and many others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nguyen has published more than 100 articles, many of them focused on the pandemic, its development, and its impact on the local communities. Her story about the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers was one of the top five countries’ finalists for the Journalism for an Equitable Asia Award organized by the Oxfam and Asia Center in 2020.

Nguyen published more than 100 articles during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the development and impact of the pandemic on local communities. She recalled the early days of the pandemic, the reporting process of her award-winning stories, and the challenges of being a freelance woman journalist in the region.

Exact Date

7-4-2023

Subject

Vietnam, freelance journalist, inequality, marginalized community, gender stereotypes, job insecurity, challenges and contributions of women journalists, women in journalism, journalism, pandemic, COVID-19, Eastern Michigan University Archives

Publisher

Eastern Michigan University Archives

Collection Location

Collective Memory of Women Journalists in COVID-19 on Digital Commons

Run Time

59 minutes, 31 seconds

Language

English

Rights

The full transcript and audio of the interview can be made available to anyone by request from the Eastern Michigan University Archives until 05/16/2026. Researchers need permission from the interviewee to be quoted until May 16, 2026. Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript, headshot, and stories is held by the content creator, author, artist, or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).