Ryan Owens

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Ryan Owens (b. 1974) is a television correspondent for ABC News. He joined ABC in August 2006 as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News Now, the network’s 24-hour digital news and information channel. He co-anchored World News Now with Taina Hernandez for most of 2007, and also occasionally anchored America This Morning. His departure from the show was announced on-air on February 29, 2008, saying that he had taken a job as a network correspondent. His first on-air appearance in this new role was on March 10, 2008, covering the Ohio snow storms.

He occasionally anchors the World News Webcast podcast for ABC News that's shown on their homepage.

On the April 10, 2008 edition of World News Now, it was announced that he had landed a 2-year job with ABC News' Baghdad bureau, reporting news stories from the frontlines of Iraq, particularly human interest stories showcasing the daily lives of servicemen.

Prior to his job at ABC News, Owens was a reporter and anchor at NBC affiliate WHDH in Boston, Massachusetts, from 2001 to 2006. He has covered stories such as the Michael Jackson trials, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, the funeral of former United States president Ronald Reagan, the Scott Peterson trial, and some Academy Awards ceremonies.

Owens also worked with NBC-affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati from 1998 to 2001, as well as stations in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Evansville, Indiana.

Owens was honored with a regional Emmy Award for coverage of special events and spot news reporting.

He graduated from Northwestern University in 1995.

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• Biography on ABCMedia