Ryan Zunner
Assistant Managing EditorRyan is the assistant managing editor of BTPM NPR. He first joined the organization in the summer of 2018 as an intern, rising through the ranks to weekend host and junior reporter before leaving in 2021.
He then had stints in public service, Top 40 radio, and TV news production. It was there he was nominated for a New York State Emmy Award for coverage of the May 14 Mass Shooting in Buffalo.
He re-joined BTPM NPR in August of 2024. In addition to editorial management duties, Ryan leads BTPM NPR’s Indigenous Affairs Desk. He is an enrolled Oneida citizen of Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve.
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"Baristas vs. Billionaires" is a film years in the making that takes a look at the union efforts of Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, a successful effort that led to a nationwide movement at the coffee chain. -
Today is a day of mourning and remembrance for Indigenous people across the U.S. and Canada. National Truth and Reconciliation Day or Orange Shirt Day is used to promote awareness around the abuses that occurred in residential boarding schools in the two countries. -
A Catholic church on Buffalo's East Side with long ties to the city's Polish American community has, for now, been spared from closing. That's according to parishioners citing a letter received from the Vatican. -
Elected officials in Amherst are seeing the $1 sale of the long vacant site to Erie County for a massive park and golf course as a win. But, the move has brought a lawsuit from the Republican candidate for town supervisor alleging missteps. -
In this edition of "A Closer Look," Ryan Zunner sits down with Holly Kirkpatrick to look into the developing situation regarding fire hydrants in Buffalo. -
Judge Emilio Colaiacovo ruled the comptroller does not have the power to refuse or reject going to the bond market to secure financing, no matter how "well intentioned." -
New York state law, like many states, has a degree of required information disclosure from sellers and allows homebuyers to get an inspection done on the house they’re interested in. What it doesn’t do, is protect that homebuyer from having their offer turned down because they’ve asked for one. -
Elizabeth Calaty was found unresponsive in her cell Saturday morning. A deputy and nurse practitioner began CPR, but Calaty was declared dead by responding paramedics, according to the Erie County Sheriff's Office. -
GCEDC isn't abandoning their efforts to bring a data center to the industrial park through partner STREAM U.S. Data Centers. According to the agency's president, the board withdrew the plans because STREAM now wants a larger presence at the 1,250-acre campus. -
Kaleida attributes the multi-facility closure plan to financial impacts from the Big Beautiful Bill and its changes to Medicaid.
