Julie Nguyen

Julie is the founder of SNAP TASTE and a driving force in global storytelling, innovation, and creative leadership. A respected member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, she also serves as a judge for the CES Innovation Awards (2024, 2025, and 2026), bringing her perspective to the intersections of business, culture, and breakthrough technologies.

Her immersive reporting has taken audiences behind the scenes of defining world moments, from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and Expo 2020 Dubai to CES, D23 Expo, and the Milano Monza Motor Show. Through her lens, global events become intimate, human stories.

An accomplished film critic and editorial voice, Julie has built a reputation for reviews that go beyond analysis, finding the heartbeat within the frame. Her work on National Geographic documentaries and other cinematic works speaks to audiences who believe that great storytelling has the power to shift perspectives and expand the world.

At the heart of everything Julie does is a belief that art, technology, and culture are not separate conversations. She has spent her career proving they never were.

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Design

MVRDV’s “Rotterdam ROCKS!” Turns a Riverside Landmark Into a Living, Breathing Argument for the Future

On the south bank of the Maas, at the future landing point of Rotterdam's third city bridge, a new kind of civic monument is...
Blender

AI Won’t Replace the 3D Artist, But It Will Change How They Work

For years, 3D artists have carried the same quiet burden: the gap between an idea and the finished model is long, tedious, and full...
Red Dot Award: Product Design 2026

Red Dot Names Its 2026 Best of the Best: What the Winners Say About Where Design Is Headed

Essen doesn't usually make headlines, but for one night every year, the German city becomes ground zero for the design world. On July 7,...
Claude AI

Anthropic’s Claude Cowork Lets You Assign AI Tasks From Your Phone and Walk Away

Artificial intelligence is getting better at doing things. The harder challenge has always been getting it to do things without you watching. Anthropic's Claude...
Entertainment

The Devil’s Climb: A Gripping Adventure Film Featuring Alex Honnold and...

The Devil's Climb transcends traditional adventure films, delivering a cinematic journey that blends the thrill of extreme rock climbing with the untamed beauty of...
National Geographic Explorer Thiago Silva and his team travel by boat to a forest plot to scan it with LIDAR technology.

Expedition Amazon: National Geographic’s Visual Tribute to the Amazon

Expedition Amazon, premiering on National Geographic on October 10 and streaming on Disney+ and Hulu on October 11, is a visually stunning and immersive...
Agnes Hailstone ice fishes with her family on the frozen river late at night.

Life Below Zero: National Geographic’s Cinematic Journey Through Alaska’s Harsh Wilderness

The Life Below Zero series, which airs on National Geographic, offers an immersive and raw look into the lives of those who inhabit Alaska's...
In this behind-the-scenes photo, Claude Marie is interviewed for "Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man," a documentary series about obsession and deception, following the unraveling of Stephane Bourgoin's career as a best-selling author and serial killer expert.

National Geographic’s Killer Lies: The Dark Secrets of a Serial Killer...

Premiering on August 28th at 8/7c on Nat Geo and streaming the next day on Hulu, Killer Lies: Chasing a True Crime Con Man...
A dramatic reconstruction for "Cursed Gold: A Shipwreck Scandal" shows a crew member in the ship's Control Room. In 1989, maverick scientist Tommy Thompson stuns the world by recovering three tons of gold from a shipwreck deep in the Atlantic Ocean. What follows is a 30-year story of adventure, deception, and personal turmoil, taking him from venerated celebrity to infamous fugitive, and finally a defiant prisoner who refuses to give up his gold. (National Geographic)

CURSED GOLD: A SHIPWRECK SCANDAL – A National Geographic Series Examining...

CURSED GOLD: A SHIPWRECK SCANDAL, a three-part documentary series produced by BBC Studios and based on Gary Kinder’s New York Times bestseller Ship of...
A Hammerhead shark swims over the crew.

OceanXplorers: Exploring the Ocean’s Mysteries with National Geographic and James Cameron

OceanXplorers, a stunning six-part underwater discovery series from National Geographic, is an extraordinary experience that merges cutting-edge technology with the beauty and mystery of...