Jacob Ryan
Managing Editor, KyCIRJacob Ryan is an award-winning journalist and managing editor 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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State records show police and sheriffs seized at least $7.5 million in cash last year, but the full total is unknown. -
City records show the recently formed group of business leaders that wants to reshape the city’s economic landscape are paying up to $100K for each seat at the table. -
A new group of power-brokers is taking heat over accusations of self-dealing.
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Louisville’s new economic development apparatus is facing criticism for using a bank with connections to several of the group’s board members. -
More than 357,000 people voted across Louisville on Election Day. Our reporters crisscrossed the city to hear what drove people to the polls. -
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg told lawmakers this summer that the city’s affordable housing stock increased by 18,000 units in five years. We checked it out. -
The community center on South 37th Street in Shawnee will begin an extended closure this week. -
Join reporters from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting and the Courier Journal to talk all things back-to-school at Louisville Public Media headquarters next Tuesday morning. -
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg nominated former Louisville Metro Council member James Peden to a city board that reviews police killings and internal investigations. But the Republican isn’t allowed to serve. -
After a year of turmoil, the future of the state’s largest school district is uncertain as Republican lawmakers begin discussions about restructuring. We want to know what you think.
