Meet Lisa Ryan
Lisa Ryan is the midday editor for MPR News, where she edits breaking and daily news stories.
Before joining MPR News, Lisa worked as a legislative reporter for WUIS and Illinois public radio stations during graduate school. After graduating, Lisa hosted Morning Edition for WBOI in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to work for Ideastream Public Media as an associate producer and then as a health reporter during the COVID-19 pandemic before moving to Minnesota in 2022.
Lisa has her bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and political science from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.
Lisa lives in St. Paul with her husband, two dogs and two cats. In her free time, she enjoys frequenting the St. Paul library system, biking the Twin Cities' many trails and running along the lakes.
You can find Lisa on Bluesky.
Recent Contributions
- Confusion over federal foreign worker program puts Minnesota farms in limbo
- Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty won’t run for a second term
- State grant aims to counter opioid epidemic with physical therapy, acupuncture
- This weekend's Minnesota Garlic Fest honors crop that's as fun to grow as it is to eat
- Minneapolis officials consider renaming Edmund Boulevard for state's first Black woman lawyer
- Some city services still unavailable after St. Paul cyberattack
- Stepmother, police testify in trial of Rep. Nicole Mitchell
- Molly Yeh’s new cookbook taps into her sweet life on a Minnesota sugar beet farm
- U of M prof sees 'changes and continuities' in Iran as Israeli attacks continue
- Extreme heat could stress Minnesota’s health care facilities this weekend