Ryan Vasquez
WWNO and WRKF News DirectorRyan Vasquez is the news director for WWNO and WRKF. He has a 17-year career in public broadcasting with stops at Alabama Public Radio, where he was a reporter and host, and WUFT in Gainesville, Fla., where he was multimedia news manager, audio and led a largely-student newsroom.
He's been an instructor and professor in journalism for 13 years at both University of Alabama and University of Florida. Vasquez serves on the diversity, equity and inclusion committee for the Public Media Journalists Association, the safety committee for the Radio Television Digital News Association and on the membership committee for the Society of Professional Journalists.
Vasquez has a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida and a master's degree from the University of Alabama. He can be reached at ryanv@wrkf.org.
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In this final episode of "All Gassed Up," we travel to Japan to learn about the country's liquefied natural gas plant expansion.
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University of New Orleans President Kathy Johnson asked the school’s four colleges to cut their budgets by 15% for the coming fiscal year.
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Sea Change travels to Japan where they find out the country is making a big bet that good times in the liquefied natural gas industry will keep rolling.
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Sea Change heads to Germany, where the show discovers how the country is playing a huge role in the expansion of Liquefied Natural Gas along the Gulf Coast.
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We head to Germany to find out why the U.S. is exporting liquefied natural gas to Europe and what that means for our climate.
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Sea Change heads to Cameron Parish to discover what the expansion of liquified natural gas, or LNG, plants means for the people living near them. Plus, a Mississippi program aims to turn formerly incarcerated people into lobbyists.
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How a massive LNG expansion is changing one Gulf Coast community. Plus, Louisiana lawmakers shot down an abortion rights amendment this week.
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Louisiana lawmakers gavel into their regular session on Monday. We’ll take a look at their biggest priorities. Plus, the New Orleans Public Library has published a new anthology of work submitted to their adult writing contest.
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Louisiana’s historic special session on crime has concluded after a brisk two weeks. We recap the biggest changes to come out of it. Plus, New Orleans will have its first non-charter public school in years.