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Nina Thorsen

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As seen in: KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA), KQED-FM (San Francisco, CA)
Radio Producer for KQED Newscast Unit/The California Report.
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Nina Thorsen is a KQED radio producer and director, and frequently reports on sports, food and culture. She co-created and produced KQED's Pacific Time, a weekly radio program on Asian and Asian American issues that aired from 2000 to 2007. Before coming to KQED, Thorsen was the deputy foreign editor for Marketplace. In her home state of Minnesota, she worked for A Prairie Home Companion and for Public Radio International. Nina was honored by the Radio-TV News Directors Association of Nor…

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Ballers Bring Home Oakland’s First Baseball Title Since 1989

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By Elize Manoukian, Nina Thorsen Verified
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
Sep 22, 2025 Failed to save article Please try again A member of the Oakland Ballers hits a pitch during their first home game against the Yolo High Wheelers in Oakland on June 4, 2024. After the A’s departed the Bay Area, the Oakland Ballers came back from near-elimination to win the independent Pioneer League championship.
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Bay Area Lawmaker Takes on Trump Over Federal Chemical Safety Agency, Again

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By Matthew Green, Nina Thorsen Verified, Brian Krans Verified
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
Jun 5 Failed to save article Please try again The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released this photo of the aftermath of the Chevron refinery fire in Richmond. The Chemical Safety Board, which investigates the causes of major chemical and refinery accidents, is slated to be unlimited under the Trump administration's budget plan.
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Latest of Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms Targets Several in Bay Area Over DEI

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By Matthew Green, Nina Thorsen Verified
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
Failed to save article Please try again U.S. President Donald Trump and golf legend Tiger Woods arrive for a reception honoring Black History Month in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Black History Month celebration comes as Trump has signed a series of executive orders ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and cutting funding to schools and Universities that do not cut DEI programs.
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