Hi, I’m Erika Ryan!
I’m a writer, producer, and digital storyteller living in Washington, D.C. Currently, I’m a Producer for NPR’s All Things Considered.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communications (German language minor) from University of South Carolina in 2017, I started at CNN as an intern in Atlanta. Following my internship, I began freelancing with Video Programming at CNN Digital and joined the team full time in 2018. After over 2 years with CNN Digital, I moved to the live TV news programming. I worked on The Newsroom with Jim Acosta and other dayside CNN shows as an Associate Producer in the control room. In 2021, I became a Producer for The Newscast with Wolf Blitzer for CNN+ in Washington, D.C. I later joined NPR in June of 2022.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications named me an “Outstanding Young Alumni” for 2024. I was part of the Edward R. Murrow award winning NPR team that won “Excellence in Sound” for reporting we did in the West Bank, a month after October 7th. I was inducted into the U of SC Hall of Leaders in 2016 for my role as Editor-in-Chief of Garnet & Black Magazine.
University of South Carolina alumni feature: Alumna Erika Ryan part of next generation of storytellers
By Reagin von Lehe (March 2023): “From editor-in-chief of Garnet and Black magazine to interviewing Martin Scorsese, Erika Ryan has left an impression on every newsroom in her career path. The mass communications alumna has explored almost all forms of news media from being a print journalism major and now producing National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.”
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