Shannon Ryan
Ryan spent the last four years at FOX 7 Austin working as a crime, courts and investigative reporter. She extensively covered Austin's reimagining public safety initiative, housing crisis, public corruption, legal system and violent crime. Ryan traveled to cover extreme weather and news on the border as part of FOX's O&O group. She started her career in Washington, D.C. working as an anchor, producer and multimedia journalist for DC News Now (DCW50.)
Ryan has worked as a television, print and photojournalist with bylines in the New York Times, ESPN, Associated Press and Washington Post.
Ryan is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University. She earned degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. As a student, she interned for CBS News covering the 2016 presidential election from their Washington, D.C. bureau. She also covered the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro for the Associated Press through the Curley Center for Sports Journalism. Her work highlighting poor conditions for those living with disabilities in the city placed in the Hearst Multimedia News II Competition. Ryan was part of the university's international reporting program and traveled to Greece to cover technology used to track human smugglers. She also worked with the Big Ten Network, FOX 29 Philadelphia, ESPNU, and WNYT Channel 13.
Ryan is from Saratoga County, New York. She enjoys being active, spending time outdoors, travel, vegan food and yoga (she is a 200-hour RYT certified instructor!) She is the proud human to Mildred, her AustinPetsAlive! rescue pup. The two are excited to call Houston home.
Ryan is eager to tell your story! Send tips and scoops to: shannon.a.ryan@abc.com
Shannon's Stories
Houston granted extension to spend $1.2B in federal money to build Harvey recovery housing
City officials breathed a sigh of relief this week after feds ordered the reimbursement of at least $45 million meant for affordable housing after the 2017 disaster.
Man waiting 6 years for kidney learns program is suspended, his doctor under investigation
"Should I trust what I'm being told?" a cancer survivor questioned after waiting years for a new kidney and learning his transplant program came to a halt and his doctor was under investigation.
'Sovereign citizen' gunman killed, bystander hurt in shootout with deputies, HCSO says
During the shootout, a bystander was hurt and school bus was struck by gunfire. The gunman, who claimed to be a sovereign citizen, reportedly had a felony warrant out of Brazoria County for evading police.
Surgeon removed as Memorial Hermann's liver, kidney transplant leader amid bombshell report
The Houston medical community is still sorting through the allegations against a top doctor that led to a hospital system suspending its liver and kidney transplant programs.
Woman hospitalized after ex allegedly shot her and took off with their 4-year-old, deputies say
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said a man with three warrants for previously attacking his ex returned to her apartment Thursday morning, shot her, and took off with their 4-year-old son.
Harris Co. Attorney takes jab at Texas AG as county joins EPA: 'He's certainly not a scientist'
Attorney General Ken Paxton argues that EPA's stricter standard on particulate matter threatens the state's businesses and that it's not based on science. Now, Harris County is defending the feds.
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Harris County over guaranteed income program 'Uplift Harris'
The attorney general claims the Uplift Harris program "redistributes public money in a manner that violates the Texas Constitution."
New city water bill plan may help single-family homes more than renters
"If this plan is not a huge improvement and gets water billing off the news, then there's gonna be a lot of people looking for work. That's how dead serious I am," Mayor John Whitmire said during Thursday's press conference. Whitmire said about 125,000 of the city's water sensors were broken.
City of Houston must return at least $45 million to state after failing to build affordable housing
"Why didn't we build the houses?" Mayor John Whitmire asked after the Turner administration failed to build homes with a post-Harvey Federal Disaster Recovery Program.
Ted Cruz pushes back on questions about his podcast's fundraising arrangement with iHeartMedia
Eyewitness News pressed Sen. Ted Cruz with questions over a tangled web of political contributions involving the company that airs his podcast.