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.
A graduate of Hilbert College, 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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Niagara Regional Chairman Bob Gale has resigned following a call from racial justice groups that he explain a purchase of an autographed first-edition of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's political manifesto "Mein Kampf." -
Family, friends and community members buried Nural Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya man, with calls for justice into his death on the streets of Buffalo after release from Border Patrol custody. -
The Seneca Nation called the restricted fee status approval from the Department of Interior "a significant step forward" in their 200-acre land acquisition on Grand Island. -
The Screening Room Cafe, which has brought locals interested in film and the arts together for years, is closing its doors at the Boulevard Mall at the end of the month. -
Schenectady-based Scene One Entertainment will reopen downtown Buffalo's Market Arcade 8 move theater, following AMC's departure in December. -
Local governments in Fort Erie, Niagara-on-the-Lake and others could soon cease to exist under a proposed municipal amalgamation plan. -
A capacity crowd filled the Seneca Nation Council's last meeting, where citizens called for the repeal of an agreement due to concerns of "over-policing" and consultation. -
The theater in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario has been around for more than a century. Plans to demolish and build a modern theater are now on hold, pending a judge's ruling. -
Increased data collection efforts and the embrace of AI technology lead some to believe grocery stores are inching closer to a price model akin to Uber and Lyft. -
An investigation that started in 2020 has found "systemic concerns" in the district's discipline practices for Black, Latino and disabled students.
