John Ryan
Environment Reporter
About
John Ryan joined KUOW as its first full-time investigative reporter in 2009 and became its environment reporter in 2018. He focuses on climate change, energy, and the ecosystems of the Puget Sound region. He has also investigated toxic air pollution, landslides, failed cleanups, and money in politics for KUOW.
Over a quarter century as an environmental journalist, John has covered everything from Arctic drilling to Indonesian reef bombing. He has been a reporter at NPR stations in southeast and southwest Alaska (KTOO-Juneau and KUCB-Unalaska) and at the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
John’s stories have won multiple national awards for KUOW, including the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi awards for Public Service in Radio Journalism and for Investigative Reporting, national Edward R. Murrow and PMJA/PRNDI awards for coverage of breaking news, and Society of Environmental Journalists awards for in-depth reporting.
John welcomes tips, documents, and feedback. Reach him at jryan@kuow.org or for secure, encrypted communication, he's at heyjohnryan@protonmail.com or 1-401-405-1206 on the Signal messaging app.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, some Spanish, some Indonesian
Professional Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA union member and former shop steward; Society of Environmental Journalists member and mentor
Stories
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LISTEN: 58 years of climate change in one minute
Climate change is a gradual process, driven by invisible pollution. So it can be hard to wrap your brain around. But atmospheric scientists at the...
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$100 in Monopoly money—and just maybe, a better democracy—headed your way, Seattle
In January, registered voters in Seattle will get something in the mail that no American has gotten before. They’re called democracy vouchers, and the...
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'Ramtha' channeler JZ Knight channels $54,000 into Olympia elections
Controversial "spirit channeler"JZ Knight of Yelm has channeled another $54,000 into Washington state politics. Knight claims to channel a 35,000-year...
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Ka-ching! Washington's big givers to Trump and Clinton
We don’t know how much Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised on her fund-raising visit to Seattle on Friday — her campaign doesn’t have...
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Look out, salmon: Storm pushes foul waste into Seattle waters
Wind and heavy rain could make this weekend tough for Puget Sound dwellers. The storm could be rough on the sound's underwater residents as well.
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Sound Transit 3: The money rolls in, on both sides
Money keeps pouring into the battle over the Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, with Mass Transit Now, the campaign working to pass the $54 billion transit...
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Mr. Smith stays in Washington – with help from military-industrial complex
Democrat Adam Smith of Bellevue is running to keep his seat in Congress, but most of his campaign cash comes not from Washington state but from...
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J.J. Abrams and others give big in WA elections
Campaign cash, often in six-figure chunks, is sloshing around the Washington elections as November draws near.
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Hackers target Washington election systems
Washington's voter registration system has been targeted by cyber attackers, state elections officials have told KUOW. Secretary of State Kim Wyman said...
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West Seattle fire displaced 28 people now sleeping in a dusty gym
Forty-four people lost their homes on Tuesday when a Seattle Housing Authority apartment building in West Seattle caught fire. Twenty-eight of them,...