Welcome to RTOmedia.com!
Welcome to the professional Web site of Ryan Olson, a journalist
located in Chico, Calif. I have been working in journalism for nearly a decade, recently as the Web content editor for the Chico Enterprise-Record.
This site features links to different areas of my expertise, including photography, pagination as well as reporting. I've written hundreds of stories covering politicians, schools, cities, deaths, the census, fires and more.
Thanks for visiting. Please take a look around and let me know what you think. ryan -at- rtomedia.com.
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In November, I covered the expulsion hearing of a Willows High School student for storing unloaded weapons in his pickup parked immediately off campus. Within days, it was the most-viewed news article on ChicoER.com for 2009 with links from FARK and Reddit. |
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Assignment
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Since Februrary 2005, I have been at the Enterprise-Record in Chico, Calif. I was promoted to the new position of Web content editor in Sept. 2006. I have also been working on new initiatives for the newspaper's Web site -- ChicoER.com. These include news blogs covering Labor Day and Halloween to provide more immediate coverage of these formerly large party holidays for college students before a police crackdown. To read the Enterprise-Record online, please click on the banner: For more updates, please visit my pro blog.
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The award winners
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During my professional career, my writing has been honored with a number of awards for spot news, sustained coverage, sports enterprise and news column. A listing of the award-winning stories can be found here. In October 2004, the Michigan Press Association announced first place and third place awards for my work in spot news stories. More on my specific awards. General award info is on my pro blog. |
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-PHOTOS:
The Gundlach fire
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On the morning of April 26, 2004, the century-old Herman Gundlach building burned on the Houghton waterfront. I took the photos. |
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High-wire writing
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Over the years, I've written stories that have been featured numerous times on the Michigan wire of The Associated Press. Stories with my byline have run in many Michigan and Wisconsin newspapers such as the Detroit News, The Flint Journal and the Menominee EagleHerald, among others. More |
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-DESIGN:
Pica passion
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I've paginated dozens of pages for the newspaper, including wire pages and section fronts. Check out a sampling of section fronts, here. |
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Web logs
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I have a number of weblogs to provide quick and easily updatable information about my career, journalism and life in general. In August, I wrote a blog from UNITY, the nation's largest gathering of journalists of color. For updates on my professional career and commentary on journalism, please visit my pro blog. |