Jacob Ryan
Jacob Ryan is an award-winning journalist and managing editor at LPM's Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting team who tenaciously reports accountability stories on a variety of subjects.
He is a recipient of a Sidney Hillman award, a national Investigative Reporters and Editors award and numerous regional and local awards.
Jacob, who joined LPM in 2014, is originally from Eddyville, Kentucky. He’s a graduate of Western Kentucky University.
Email Jacob at jryan@lpm.org.
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Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer gave an impassioned speech in support of immigrants and refugees at a public rally Monday night, drawing cheers from an…
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Jefferson County’s top prosecutor is calling on Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to take action on overcrowded jails in Louisville and across the state.Speaking…
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Louisville’s Confederate monument is heading to Brandenburg.The Meade County seat is about 40 miles east of Louisville and home to a historical Civil War…
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Some 200 Louisville residents took to the streets Thursday night to protest president-elect Donald Trump. Similar protests have been held across the…
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Leigh Anne Kleitz spent her Saturday talking politics at TK’s Pub.She joined a few dozen other people at the Fern Creek bar to rally support for…
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The head of the Jefferson County Republican Party is defending Donald Trump’s claim that the media is “rigging” the election against the GOP nominee.Trump…
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Some waved rainbow flags; others dressed in drag. And some just stood and smiled.
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This week’s Kentuckiana Pride Fest will be dotted with police and private security in the wake of the violent attack at an LGBT club in Orlando last…
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Just hours before he was declared the winner of the Indiana primary, Bernie Sanders rallied with some 7,000 supporters at the Big Four Lawn on…
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The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination and controversy magnet Donald Trump is due back in Louisville next month.He’s scheduled to join…