Missy Ryan
Missy Ryan | |
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At the Center for New American Studies 2018 Annual Strategic Competition Conference, June 21, 2018 | |
| Education | master's degree |
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| Occupation | Journalist, reporter |
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Missy Ryan is an American journalist focused on national security at The Atlantic. She previously wrote for The Washington Post and Reuters.[1][2]
Education
Ryan received a B.A. in English Literature from Georgetown University in 1997. She then completed a master's degree at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2005.
Career
Ryan started as a Correspondent covering Iraq in 2008 for Reuters News Agency. She was made Deputy Bureau Chief in Baghdad in 2010.[3] Ryan was then posted to Mexico for four months as the Acting Bureau Chief before returning to Washington to serve as Pentagon Correspondent.
In 2012, Ryan became a White House fellow and won the New York Press Club award for political reporting in 2012.[4][5] She became National Security and US-Middle East Correspondent in 2013. Ryan joined The Washington Post in 2014 to cover the Pentagon.[6]
In 2025, Ryan joined The Atlantic to cover national security.[7]
References
- ^ "Missy Ryan, The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Commentary". uk.reuters.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ Sherwood, Harriet (August 22, 2011). "Libya: journalists trapped at hotel amid fighting". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "White House Appoints 2012-2013 Class Of White House Fellows". whitehouse.gov. September 4, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "The New York Press Club | Awards for Journalism". www.nypressclub.org. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Missy Ryan Jumps from Reuters to WaPo". Cision. September 22, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "The Atlantic Hires Missy Ryan as Staff Writer". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Missy Ryan on Twitter
- Missy Ryan on LinkedIn