The World, and worked as a staff reporter for WBEZ-FM in Chicago. At WBEZ, Field helped launch an education desk, spent four years reporting, in-depth, on the nation’s third largest school system and covered general assignment news. Field began his public radio career as an intern and contributing reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, where he filed stories for KQED News and
Field has received many honors and awards for his work. In 2012, his series on Maine’s prescription drug monitoring program was honored in the Public Affairs category by the Maine Association of Broadcasters. In 2007, Field won a national Sigma Delta Chi award for Radio Investigative Reporting for a series on overcrowding and disciplinary problems at a high school on Chicago’s South Side. That same year, Field was also part of a team of WBEZ journalists who contributed to the series
Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) Awards Dealing With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, The Point with Mindy Todd. Category: Best News/Public Affairs Program, 1st Place. A New Life in Ice, reported by Schuyler Swenson for the series Creative Life, produced by Atlantic Public Media. Category: Best Use of Sound, 1st Place. Who s Who in New England Fisheries, video explainer by Steve Junker, Jennifer Junker, and Alecia Orsini. Category: Best Multi-Media Presentation, 2nd Place.
2012
Recognizing the best of local public radio news - national award
Category: Enterprise/Investigative, 1st place
2nd - Radio: Series The Source by Jennifer Pemberton, Ryan Cunningham and Ross Chambless
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean s Giraffe Award
Assistant Professor Jason Gilmore won the 2016 Dean s Giraffe Award from USU s College of Humanities and Social Sciences for the creation and work on the 54 Strong series.
2015
2014
GOLD: Best News Reporting in a Series: Five Billion Gallons by Jennifer Pemberton & Matt Jensen
SILVER: Best News Reporting in a Series: My Address Is. by Taylor Halverson, Elaine Taylor, Morgan Pratt, April Ashland, Matt Jensen
GOLD: Best Feature Story or Program: Zap, Pow, Bam! by Elaine Taylor
SILVER: Best Feature Story or Program: Adult Day Care Closure by Morgan Pratt
Ryan Warner is the senior host of Colorado Public Radio’s daily interview program “Colorado Matters.” He regularly reports on the most important issues facing Colorado – from the state capitol, which includes a monthly interview with the Governor of Colorado – to topics concerning health, education, business, energy and the environment and arts and culture.
Education:
Bachelor’s degrees in political science and French, University of Missouri-Columbia; Master’s degree in broadcast journalism, Boston University.
Professional background:
Ryan came to CPR from WGCU in Fort Myers, Fla. He was the founding host of that station’s daily call-in talk show, Gulf Coast Live. Ryan served as assistant news director and local host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” and filed stories for NPR during Hurricane Charley in 2004. Ryan previously hosted “Morning Edition” on WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and co-created a weekend news magazine there. Prior to that,