Ryan Caron King
Ryan Caron King is a visuals journalist. He makes documentary videos, news photography, and radio stories.
In 2018, Ryan won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for one of the videos he made reporting in Puerto Rico. He also won a New England Emmy for video journalism and several Connecticut SPJ awards. Some of his radio work has aired nationally on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered -- and several of his videos have been posted on NPR's Facebook page. He's also a licensed drone pilot.
Since September 2017, Ryan has been covering the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Ricans with ties to Connecticut in WNPR's "The Island Next Door" reporting project.
As a student at the University of Connecticut, Ryan was the manager of his college radio station. He graduated from UConn with a Journalism/English double major in 2015. He likes to spend most of his spare time thinking of new nicknames for his friends' dogs.
Watch some of Ryan's videos below.