TIM RYAN

Tim Ryan is the assistant news director of 9News, KUSA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Denver. He started with the station in August 1991 as weekend assignment editor and subsequently held the posts of planning editor, assignment manager and managing editor before being named assistant news director in 2002. His career before that included five years at KAKE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Wichita, Kansas. He held a variety of jobs there including assignment editor, aviation reporter and fill-in sports and news anchor. Before that, in 1985-86, he was a reporter/photographer/anchor/assignment editor/producer at KFSM-TV, the New York Times-owned CBS affiliate in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

During his 12 years at 9News, he has participated in KUSA’s coverage of events including the visit of Pope John Paul II to Denver in 1993, the opening of Denver International Airport in 1995, the Denver Summit of the Eight in 1997, the Columbine High School tragedy in 1999 and the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games in 2002.

Ryan graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism in 1985 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. In 1997 he completed a Master of Arts in history at the University of Colorado at Denver. His master's thesis described the history of Denver's Channel 9 from sign-on to the present.

He served four years as president of the Heartland Chapter of the National Television Academy before being elected the chapter’s national trustee in 2003. The National Television Academy is responsible for the presentation of Emmy awards for excellence in television news, production and programming.

Ryan grew up near the small farming community of Milan, Missouri. He and his wife Brenda live in Aurora, Colorado, with their three children.

MARY BRENNEMAN

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