Ryan Van Velzer
KPR Managing EditorRyan Van Velzer is the Kentucky Public Radio Managing Editor.
Ryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University and has more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has worked for The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press, The South Florida Sun Sentinel and as a travel reporter in Central America and Southeast Asia.
He has won numerous awards including regional Edward R. Murrow awards, Associated Press Broadcasters awards and Society of Professional Journalists Louisville Pro Chapter awards.
Email him at rvanvelzer@lpm.org.
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This week in Kentucky: Tariff threats disrupt the bourbon industry, Republican lawmakers acknowledge "validity" of environmentalist concerns over a water bill, and students voice concern over a bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education. -
The Kentucky General Assembly is about two-thirds of the way through its legislative session. Kentucky Public Radio Capitol Reporter Sylvia Goodman sat down with Statehouse Enterprise Reporter Joe Sonka with a legislative update. -
The Kentucky Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of measles in a resident who attended a fitness center in Frankfort on Monday while infectious.
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The U.S. Senate voted to confirm vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary five years after the start of a global pandemic. -
Kentucky’s attorney general is leading a multi-state coalition in support of a Louisiana law that requires displaying the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms. -
The 2024 Kentucky Voter Guide is live. Here’s how we made it and why. -
Last week, Kentucky Public Radio reporter Justin Hicks went to parts of east Tennessee to help report on the aftermath of Helene. KPR’s managing editor Ryan Van Velzer sat down to debrief on the moments that stuck out to Hicks from his time on the ground. -
Louisville was among six finalist cities for the Sundance Film Festival, but didn’t make the cut for the final three. -
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear thanked President Joe Biden for his leadership, and remained silent on the subject of a vice presidential nomination. -
Kentucky Congressman Morgan McGarvey joined the chorus of Democratic lawmakers calling on President Joe Biden to bow out of the 2024 election.
