About Katie
Katie Ryan is a proud graduate of Brigham Young University with a degree Broadcast Journalism and minor in Political Science. She is a currently working at KSL 5 TV in Salt Lake City and loves the beauty and grace of Utah. Katie loves the news of the day and hopes to pursue a career as a journalist and become a reporter.
As a student, Katie has done work as a political reporter for KBYU Eleven News. She focused on politics and government and covered Election Day in 2014 extensively. She also did general and feature reporting. She one-man-banded most of her projects, meaning she was responsible for the enterprising, photography, scripting, voicing, and editing of her work.
Katie also did some time behind the anchor desk and in front of the green screen. She spent a semester as a co-anchor of Eleven News at noon. As an anchor, she not only read from the teleprompter, but ad-libbed and enjoyed the hustle of breaking news. She reached beyond herself and weather anchored for a semester. This experience helped her to become more conversational and to not rely on a script.
Katie has worked many other positions at Eleven News. She has been an executive producer, producer, floor director, photographer, assignment desk editor, and any other positions needed on a given day.
Katie worked as a BYU First-Year Mentor from June of 2013 to December of 2014. As a mentor, she worked with approximately seventy students per semester students and supported their academic and personal success. One of her most important jobs was to contact, meet, and follow-up with student individually. Her interactions with students also included mass emails, individual emails, and phone calls.
Katie is from Bluffton, South Carolina where she graduated from Bluffton High School in 2012. She was the president of the student body as well as the Public Relations officer in the National Honor Society. She also won second place in the Coastal Empire Leadership Development Association speech contest while still in high school.
Katie loves South Carolina and enjoys visiting her family there as often as possible. She especially likes the beach and ocean kayaking while home. She has a passion for Southern food that only Paula Deen can understand. She likes to travel and try new adventures any chance she gets. She is married the love of her life, Derek.
As a student, Katie has done work as a political reporter for KBYU Eleven News. She focused on politics and government and covered Election Day in 2014 extensively. She also did general and feature reporting. She one-man-banded most of her projects, meaning she was responsible for the enterprising, photography, scripting, voicing, and editing of her work.
Katie also did some time behind the anchor desk and in front of the green screen. She spent a semester as a co-anchor of Eleven News at noon. As an anchor, she not only read from the teleprompter, but ad-libbed and enjoyed the hustle of breaking news. She reached beyond herself and weather anchored for a semester. This experience helped her to become more conversational and to not rely on a script.
Katie has worked many other positions at Eleven News. She has been an executive producer, producer, floor director, photographer, assignment desk editor, and any other positions needed on a given day.
Katie worked as a BYU First-Year Mentor from June of 2013 to December of 2014. As a mentor, she worked with approximately seventy students per semester students and supported their academic and personal success. One of her most important jobs was to contact, meet, and follow-up with student individually. Her interactions with students also included mass emails, individual emails, and phone calls.
Katie is from Bluffton, South Carolina where she graduated from Bluffton High School in 2012. She was the president of the student body as well as the Public Relations officer in the National Honor Society. She also won second place in the Coastal Empire Leadership Development Association speech contest while still in high school.
Katie loves South Carolina and enjoys visiting her family there as often as possible. She especially likes the beach and ocean kayaking while home. She has a passion for Southern food that only Paula Deen can understand. She likes to travel and try new adventures any chance she gets. She is married the love of her life, Derek.