Chrissy Nguyen
Arts EditorChrissy Nguyen leads the KPBS Arts team, overseeing multimedia arts coverage across digital, audio and video platforms. She manages projects like the weekly arts newsletter and KPBS' arts and culture podcast The Finest, working to celebrate and amplify San Diego's creative community.
A seasoned journalist, Chrissy brings a wealth of experience from her previous role at Yahoo as executive editor of Entertainment and Culture, where she developed innovative strategies in digital storytelling and audience engagement. A skilled editor, she blends her passion for the arts with strong leadership and a deep understanding of technology.
Chrissy lives in La Mesa with her husband and daughter. A pop culture junkie, proud Swiftie, K-drama enthusiast and avid traveler, she's confident she'd dominate on "Hot Ones."
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New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic. -
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. -
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and novelist Nicholas Sparks describe their collaboration to simultaneously craft the new novel and upcoming film Remain as a unique one that's unlikely to be replicated. -
Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the 200 some communities that remained cut off by ground. -
Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas. -
Book bans are on the rise across the country — but not in California. For the second year a local program is helping San Diego readers push back.
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