Ryland Barton
Newscaster
Ryland Barton is a Newscast anchor for NPR.
He was previously an editor on NPR's digital news desk, where he worked with reporters from the International Desk and National Desks, editing and reporting broadcast stories for Up First and Morning Edition, and digital stories for NPR.org. He was also previously an editor for the States Team on NPR's National Desk, where he worked with reporters across the country covering state government policy and politics.
Prior to joining NPR in 2023, Barton was the managing editor for regional collaboratives Kentucky Public Radio and Ohio Valley Resource. He oversaw a state politics team, coordinated regional projects and led the network's coverage of catastrophic flooding in eastern Kentucky in 2022. He was the primary editor for Invasive and Incomplete, an audio documentary that won the Daniel Schorr Journalism prize, a national Murrow Award and an Investigative Reporters and Editors award.
Barton worked as Kentucky Public Radio's Capitol bureau chief for seven years. He was a frequent filer to NPR's national airwaves. He previously worked as a host and reporter at KWBU in Waco, Texas, and as a host and producer at KUT in Austin. He graduated from the University of Chicago and received a master's degree from the University of Texas.
