Goodbye, Don; hello Joe and Kamala
Thanks for covering local and national electoral efforts [ Georgia runoff races will determine control of U.S. Senate, online, January 4 and Warnock and Ossoff win Georgia US Senate seats, online, January 6].
Now we will celebrate President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and those Georgia Senate victories, physically distant, at the time of Biden s swearing in, Wednesday, January 20, starting at 8:30 a.m. at Noe Valley Town Square (24th Street at Chattanooga), weather permitting. Bring your masks and other PPE, your own electronic device on which to watch the inauguration, and a lawn chair if you want to sit down. As part of a national effort, some of us will be proudly displaying American flags, and we will mark off six-foot squares for physical distancing.
Kristi Gustafson Barlette
Another high-energy, enthusiastic reporter is leaving WTEN. Ben Ryan, the up-for-anything morning newser at the Nexstar-owned station is headed for a reporting job down south.
Over the past two years, Ryan has crowd-surfed and dyed his hair the school’s colors while covering the South High Marathon Dance in Glens Falls, thrown axes including hitting a bullseye at Lazy Axe, jumped in a frigid Lake George and met his girlfriend, Charli Spiegel of Troy, on-air. Spiegel appeared on MasterChef and is making the move with Ryan.
Ryan has also covered numerous breaking news stories.
His unique, quirky reporting style is reminiscent of Stan Munro, who brought that alternative, fun approach to local morning television back in the early 2000s (Munro eventually got out of news and went on to start Toothpick World).
Reporter Ben Ryan leaving WTEN
Kristi Gustafson Barlette
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Another high-energy, enthusiastic reporter is leaving WTEN. Ben Ryan, the up-for-anything morning newser at the Nexstar-owned station is headed for a reporting job down south.Special to the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Another high-energy, enthusiastic reporter is leaving WTEN. Ben Ryan, the up-for-anything morning newser at the Nexstar-owned station is headed for a reporting job down south.Special to the Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Another high-energy, enthusiastic reporter is leaving WTEN. Ben Ryan, the up-for-anything morning newser at the Nexstar-owned station is headed for a reporting job down south.