Brian Nguyen

Brian Nguyen

Alumni

Brian Nguyen is a journalist with a focus on open source investigation techniques and visual forensics. He is also a researcher at the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Investigations Lab. He previously worked as the associate managing editor for The Tylt, a start-up from Advance Publications. Before that, he was a visual journalist at The Chicago Tribune.

EMPLOYERS

  • The Tylt / Advance Publications - Associate Managing Editor

  • The Chicago Tribune - Photo and Video Editing Resident

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Illinois AP Media Editors - 2015 - First Place, Breaking News Photo

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • The Atlantic - November, 2011 - The Life of a Photo: The Pepper-Spraying Policeman - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/the-life-of-a-photo-the-pepper-spraying-policeman/249023/

  • The Atlantic - November, 2011 - The Moral Power of an Image - https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/the-moral-power-of-an-image-uc-davis-reactions/248778/

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • AAJA Voices - Co-director

REPORTING INTERESTS

Entrepreneurship, Media Innovation, Open Source Investigations, Social Media Reporting, Visual Investigations