After two and a half years at ABC 13 Houston, reporter Shannon Ryan is moving on. Her last day at Channel 13 will be on Friday. She has not revealed her next move, leaving colleagues and viewers eager to see what she pursues next.
Ryan joined ABC 13 in March 2023, and just before her departure, earned her first Emmy for her coverage of the dockworkers’ strike while at the station. Last year, she was nominated for her investigation into development practices in the Fifth Ward cancer cluster.
During her tenure at ABC 13, Ryan covered breaking major news events, including Hurricane Beryl, and reported on Houston City Hall weekly for two years. Most of her time was spent on the day shift, though she moved to nights earlier this year to fill in for Alex Bozarjian, who quietly left the station. Earlier this year, Ryan was also briefly among some rotating reporters anchoring ABC 13+’s 8 a.m. morning broadcast on the station’s streaming channel.
Before joining ABC 13, Ryan worked as a crime, courts, and investigative reporter at FOX 7 Austin (KTBC). She also served as an anchor, producer, and multimedia journalist for DCW50/WDVM in Washington, D.C.
A graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Ryan began her career with internships at CBS News, FOX 29 News Philadelphia (WTXF), and WNYT Channel 13 Albany in New York. A native of Saratoga County, New York, her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, ESPN, the Associated Press, and The Washington Post.
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