Ryan Benk - WJCT
ReporterRyan Benk is a reporter for WJCT in Jacksonville. He came from Tallahassee, where he worked as a news researcher and reporter for NPR affiliate WFSU. Originally from Miami, Florida, he graduated with a bachelor of arts in English literature from Florida State University. During his time in Tallahassee, Ryan also worked as a policy and research analyst for legislative-research firm LobbyTools before returning to public radio at WJCT.
Ryan also edited fiction and poetry for Miami-Dade College's Miambiance magazine, and he produced a short film titled "The Writer." When he’s not tracking down news, Ryan likes watching films, writing fiction and poetry, and exploring Florida's natural beauty.
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Forty-nine children and their families, including one from Clay County, are hoping face-to-face meetings with members of Congress helps lawmakers... -
A pop music star helped motivate students at a Jacksonville elementary school Monday. Black Eyed Peas rapper, Jaime “Taboo” Gomez, taught the kids at...
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Because of a new law, Florida patients won’t have to pay for medical care by doctors outside their insurance network if the service was performed at an... -
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a water policy bill Thursday despite calls from environmentalists to veto the measure. The St. Johns Riverkeeper was part... -
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has made health-care cost transparency a priority this year, and a Northeast Florida lawmaker is sponsoring a version of Scott’s... -
Florida could soon be the first state to require a mental-health expert to be present during police interviews of developmentally disabled suspects or... -
Florida Governor Rick Scott is asking the Legislature to pass a $79.3 billion state budget next year. At a news conference in Jacksonville Monday... -
State health officials, doctors and technology experts converged on the University of North Florida campus Thursday to promote Florida’s Health... -
Since Florida implemented its prescription drug monitoring program four years ago, prescription overdose deaths have dropped by 25 percent. That’s... -
The federal government is standing firm in its decision not to increase funding for indigent health care in Florida next year. State health officials...
