Maggie Ryan
All Things Considered HostMaggie Ryan is a reporter and local host of All Things Considered for Little Rock Public Radio. She is the executive producer of Track One, LRPR's flagship investigative podcast and helps train newsroom interns.
Maggie is interested in stories about politics, nature, healthcare, and much more. Her reporting has been featured on NPR's Weekend Edition and All Things Considered and won awards from the Arkansas Society of Press Women and the Arkansas Society of Professional Journalists.
Before LRPR, Maggie interned at the San Antonio Heron, a nonprofit newsroom focused on housing and development in south-central Texas. There she covered stories ranging from low-income development projects to local politics. During college, Maggie joined a Holocaust education fellowship based in Arkansas. She holds a B.A. in English, Literary Studies and Classics from Hendrix College.
Maggie is originally from San Antonio, Texas and regularly visits to spend time with her family. In her free time, she loves birding, reading, and playing any board game she can get her hands on.
She loves hearing from listeners. Email her at maggie@littlerockpublicradio.org, or connect on social media @m_rrye
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