Hank Phillippi Ryan: Earning Emmys and Agathas
Introduction to Hank Phillippi Ryan. 1:46 min. Interview: Raymond Elman. Post-Production: Javier Romero. Music: Livio Amato-OltreAmare. , Recorded via Zoom: 8/11/2021, Miami.
HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN has been honored with more than 50 prestigious awards from news organizations all over the world including 37 EMMYs and 14 Edward R. Murrow Awards. Before joining 7NEWS in 1982, Hank was a reporter and anchor at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, she also worked at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana and on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant to a subcommittee of the US Senate Judiciary Committee. Hank also covered Washington D.C. as an editorial assistant at Rolling Stone Magazine. Ryan is also the USA Today bestselling author of 13 psychological thrillers, winning the genre’s most prestigious awards: five Agathas, four Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award.
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EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 1:43 min.
Where did you grow up and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:45 min.
How old were you when you moved from Chicago to Indianapolis, and how did that experience impact you?
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:58 min.
How did your youthful love of good mystery novels lay a foundation for your career as an investigative journalist?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:23 min.
You said your early passion for mystery novels likely led to your career as an investigative journalist and eventually to writing your own mystery novels. Would you have said the same thing 20 years ago?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:31 min.
After your parents divorced, you moved from Chicago to Indianapolis with your mother. Did you maintain a strong relationship with your father?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 2:10 min.
What are you thoughts about the importance of storytelling?
SERENDIPITY: 1:28 min.
When did you begin thinking that you could have a career in television?
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 1:43 min.
At the age of 20 you had no experience or education in journalism, yet you persuaded a radio station into giving you a job as a reporter. Please tell us the backstory.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 0:49 sec.
You were one of the first women to enter the broadcast industry during a time when it was male-dominated. What was that experience like?
DEVELOP A VOICE: 1:15 min.
Reporters have to become instant experts on any given topic and ask intelligent questions in order to get worthwhile answers.
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 6:44 min.
What was your odyssey from radio to television reporting?
STRONG DRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENT: 3:20 min.
Who were your role models for television reporting?
PERSEVERANCE: 1:00 min.
What is your approach to growing in your profession?
SELF-CONFIDENCE: 3:08 min.
Did you ever suffer from “The Imposter Syndrome” when you were starting your career?
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 3:39 min.
Why did you move to Boston?
STRONG DRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENT: 3:36 min.
What are some of your most impactful stories?
UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS OF ART: 1:05 min.
Are journalists more likely to initiate needed change than legislators?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 3:17 min.
Walk us through the protocol you follow when developing an investigative news story.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 3:53 min.
What are your thoughts regarding writing a memoir about your career as an investigative reporter?
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 2:40 min.
How has the pandemic impacted your work?
SELF-CONFIDENCE: 5:09 min.
What motivated you to write your first novel?
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 2:17 min.
It’s amazing that you won an Agatha Award for your first novel.
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 1:47 min.
Do you read your dialogue out loud?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 2:22 min.
Do your stories talk to you?
DEVELOP A VOICE: 1:12 min.
When you were working on your first novel, did you consult with any seasoned writers?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:09 min.
Have you considered converting your novels into movies or television series?
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 3:10 min.
Tell us about the organization “Sisters in Crime” and gender bias.
OPEN TO CHANGE, FLEXIBILITY: 1:49 min.
What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were starting your careers?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:18 min.
How do the ethics you developed as a journalist inform the characters in your novels?
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:34 min.
Tell us about your latest novel, “Her Perfect Life” (Macmillan 9/14/21).
