- Ryan Owens
Ryan Owens (born 1974) is a television
correspondent forABC News . He joined ABC in August 2006 as an anchor and correspondent forABC News Now , the network’s 24-hour digital news and information channel. He co-anchored "World News Now " withTaina Hernandez for most of 2007, and also occasionally anchored "America This Morning ". His departure from the show was announced on-air onFebruary 29 ,2008 , saying that he had taken a job as a network correspondent. His first on-air appearance in this new role was on March 10, 2008, covering the Ohio snow storms.He occasionally anchors the World News Webcast podcast for ABC News that's shown on their homepage.
On the April 10, 2008 edition of "
World News Now ", it was announced that he had landed a 2-year job with ABC News' Baghdad bureau, reporting news stories from the frontlines of Iraq, particularly human interest stories showcasing the daily lives of servicemen.Prior to his job at ABC News, Owens was a reporter and anchor at
NBC affiliateWHDH inBoston, Massachusetts , from 2001 to 2006. He has covered stories such as theMichael Jackson trials, the2002 Winter Olympic Games , the funeral of formerUnited States president Ronald Reagan , theScott Peterson trial, and someAcademy Awards ceremonies.Owens also worked with NBC-affiliate
WLWT inCincinnati from 1998 to 2001, as well as stations inChattanooga, Tennessee , andEvansville, Indiana .Owens was honored with a regional
Emmy Award for coverage of special events and spot news reporting.He graduated from
Northwestern University in 1995.References
External links
* [http://www.abcmedianet.com/shows05/news/correspondents/owens.shtml Biography on ABCMedia]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.