Articles by Kelsey Ryan's Profile | Association of Health Care Journalists Journalist

Mo1956 SECONDARY SYPHILIS PRESENTING AS CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS IN A TEENAGE PATIENT

May 01, 2026 |

| Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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NZ Pathfinders welcome 2026 with baptisms

Jan 27, 2026 |

By Juliana Muniz, Kelsey Ryan

| Adventist Record

Hundreds of Pathfinders from across New Zealand welcomed the start of 2026 together at the About Turn Pathfinder Camporee, where 11 young people were baptised during the week-long event. Held from December 28 to January 2, the camporee was jointly hosted by the North New Zealand (NNZC) and South New Zealand conferences.

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World Pathfinder Day celebrated in NNZC with service and worship

Oct 01, 2025 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| Adventist Record

Pathfinders across North New Zealand Conference (NNZC) gathered on September 20 to celebrate World Pathfinder Day and the 75th anniversary of the Pathfinder ministry. The day began with a youth-led worship service where Pathfinders shared Scripture, testimonies and music. “The Pathfinders led out in a vibrant worship service that reminded everyone of the purpose and calling of young people in ministry,” said NNZC associate youth director Kelsey Ryan.

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The Beacon’s founding champion: Remembering David Oliver

Sep 09, 2025 |

By Stephanie Campbell, Kelsey Ryan, Brittany Barrientos

| The Beacon Media

Dear friends of The Beacon, On behalf of The Beacon, we join in the profound sadness at news of the passing of David Oliver, founding board chair of The Beacon, trusted advisor and lifelong advocate for civic journalism and local engagement. We received this news with heavy hearts. David’s legacy touches every part of The Beacon. Below are reflections from our founder, our CEO and our current board chair.

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USGBC's LEED v5 Recognizes SAO®, Tersano’s Innovative Technology

Jun 10, 2025 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| EIN News

The U. S. Green Building Council recognizes Stabilized Aqueous Ozone (SAO®) as a green cleaning products option in LEED v5. The USGBC recognizes SAO as a Green Cleaning Products option in LEED v5, reinforcing the cleaning technology's performance, safety, and sustainability.

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The Beginning of a New Era in RSV Control

Nov 02, 2023 |

By H. Cody, Kelsey Ryan

| Pediatrics

As a teenager in the 1990s, I had a poster in my bedroom with a seemingly ubiquitous “proverb”: the story of the starfish.1 To paraphrase, a person walks down the beach at low tide, picking up beached starfish and throwing them back into the sea. Another voice poses the utilitarian point of view – “There are so many starfish. You cannot possibly save them all.

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Association of Health Care Journalists ends relationship with University of Missouri School of Journalism

May 09, 2023 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| Association of Health Care Journalists

The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and its sister organization, the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, today announced that it will end its relationship with the University of Missouri School of Journalism (MU) as of June 1. The decision comes after a careful review of AHCJ’s operations, budget and the changes in how staff work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are grateful for the many years of partnership with MU,” said Felice Freyer, board president of AHCJ.

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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: Assessing variation in knowledge and practice

Mar 28, 2023 |

By Danielle Owerko, Kelsey Ryan, Erwin Cabacungan, Ke Yan

| paperity.org

PLOS ONE, Feb 2023 This is a preview of a remote PDF: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0282413&type=printable Danielle Owerko, Kelsey Ryan, Erwin Cabacungan, Ke Yan, Kris Saudek. , PLOS ONE, 2023, Volume 18, Issue 2, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282413

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Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: Assessing variation in knowledge and practice

Feb 28, 2023 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Erwin Cabacungan, Ke Yan, Danielle Owerko

| PLOS ONE

Abstract Introduction Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NH) is commonly diagnosed and managed by pediatricians in various clinical settings. The 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Clinical Practice Guideline on NH is widely cited, but literature examining variation across pediatric specialties is limited.

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How to complete your Kansas voter registration – The Beacon

Jul 07, 2022 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Miranda Moore

| The Beacon Media

The primary election in Kansas is on Aug. 2, giving voters the opportunity to decide who will appear on the November ballot for several high-profile races including governor, state attorney general and the U.S. Congress. Also on the ballot is a constitutional amendment, which would alter the state constitution to say that there is no right to an abortion. If you want to vote in this year’s primary election, you have until July 12 to register. Here’s how to do it. Who can vote?

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How Kansas Citians are dealing with high gas prices: Filling up less, carpooling more

Jul 01, 2022 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Jerry Lamartina

| The Beacon Media

John Davis of Prairie Village doesn’t fill up his gas tank these days like he did before prices started soaring. Instead, he spends $20 or $30 on each trip to the pump. And he’s been driving less and cutting his spending for other things. “If you just spent $50 on gas out of your paycheck, you have $50 less to spend on DoorDash or the grocery store or everything else,” Davis said this week while gassing up his BMW SUV at a QuikTrip in Shawnee, Kansas.

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Area Kansas City school safety plans – and helping students process trauma

Jun 08, 2022 |

By Jerry Lamartina , Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

Last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history — sent shock waves across the country and beyond. Ten days before, on May 14, a racist attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket killed 10 people. The white gunman faces murder, state domestic terrorism and hate crime charges, in addition to others.

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How does Kansas redistricting work? – The Kansas City Beacon

Apr 25, 2022 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Miranda Moore

| The Beacon Media

Update: On April 25, Wyandotte County District Judge Bill Klapper ruled that a map setting new boundaries for the state’s four congressional districts is unconstitutional. The decision is likely to be appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court. How will you be represented in the Kansas Legislature for the next decade? It comes down to maps. Several of them. On April 15, Gov. Laura Kelly signed three new redistricting maps, sending them to the Kansas Supreme Court for final approval.

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Apr 19, 2022 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Miranda Moore

| The Beacon Media

Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a ban on transgender female athletes on Friday, striking down the hot-button issue for the second year and setting up a possible showdown with supporters of the measure when the legislature returns to the Kansas Statehouse next week. This year is the third in a row that a bill proposing restrictions on the eligibility of trans athletes was introduced by Kansas lawmakers.

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How KC’s Giving Grove fights blight with orchards and gardens

Apr 13, 2022 |

By Deb Skodack, Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

Across Kansas City — and the country — orchards in unlikely places now have budding fruit trees. On a hilly terrain next to a massive railroad yard in Kansas City, Kansas, 10 pear, six apple and two peach trees are thriving where piles of construction debris, toilets and tires used to sit. The orchards are part of The Giving Grove’s successes. Since the Kansas City nonprofit started planting gardens and orchards in 2013, its footprint has expanded to more than 330 orchards in 10 cities.

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Marlborough neighborhood takes on blight and generational wealth

Apr 11, 2022 |

By Jerry Lamartina , Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

A freshly remodeled house just went up for sale in south Kansas City’s Marlborough neighborhood. The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home with a wraparound porch sits on nearly half an acre and has a new heating and cooling system and new electrical, plumbing, appliances and fixtures, including granite kitchen countertops.

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Kansas legislature fails to fund education, end food sales tax

Apr 08, 2022 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Miranda Moore

| The Beacon Media

Long hours, late nights and short tempers marked the chaotic end of the regular session of the Kansas Legislature on April 1. But despite an exhausting final stretch – both chambers adjourned well after 1 a.m. the next morning – weary lawmakers failed to get through all the items on their agenda. Lawmakers postponed many major policy items and plan to address them during a veto session that starts on April 25.

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Lykins neighborhood battles blight with plans to build 15 houses

Mar 10, 2022 |

By Jerry Lamartina , Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

Diana Graham’s first home was a two-bedroom Craftsman house in the Lykins neighborhood in northeast Kansas City. Its design plans came from a Sears catalog. That was in 1947. Graham, now 74 and vice president of the Lykins Neighborhood Association, later lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, for nearly 30 years but returned to Lykins in 2010. She lives in that same house, near Seventh Street and Monroe Avenue. And Graham owns the house right next door, also a two-bedroom Craftsman.

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The biggest lesson from a local news startup: listen

Jan 18, 2022 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Keyword

Jan 18, 2022 min read Kelsey Ryan Founder and publisher, The Beacon Reporters at The Wichita Beacon Editor’s note from Ludovic Blecher, Head of Google News Initiative Innovation: The GNI Innovation Challenge program is designed to stimulate forward-thinking ideas for the news industry. The story below by Kelsey Ryan, founder and publisher of The Beacon, is part of an innovator series sharing inspiring stories and lessons from funded projects.

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A year later, pandemic 'victory gardens' are still blooming in KC – The Beacon

May 05, 2021 |

By Anna Funk, Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

When the pandemic first shut everything down, many people picked up new hobbies, from sourdough bread baking to more artistic pursuits. In the Kansas City area, local horticulturalists also saw interest in gardening ramping up. People wanted to grow their own food, and more than a year later, that interest has only grown.

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Sorry allergy sufferers: Research shows KC's pollen season is longer – The Beacon

May 04, 2021 |

By Anna Funk, Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

Now that spring has sprung in Kansas City, plants across the landscape are ready to reproduce. That means they’re sending their pollen into the air, and allergy sufferers are starting to feel the effects. But with the pandemic still raging, snifflers may be wondering: Are my symptoms from allergies or COVID-19?

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The Beacon is growing in 2021, adding Wichita newsroom

Dec 16, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

(Wichita, Kansas) Photos by Fernando Salazar and T&J Studios The Beacon, a nonprofit digital news organization dedicated to public service journalism for Kansas and Missouri, is expanding in 2021 as a regional news network. The organization will launch a Wichita newsroom to begin publishing this summer, and expand its news operations in Kansas City.

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7 revenue and tech ideas independent news experimented with this year

Oct 13, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| Medium

Documented launched a WhatsApp news app in Spanish after learning that’s how many undocumented Spanish-speakers get their news and information. Documented sent out a weekly roundup of immigration news, had direct one-on-one conversations with readers and shared articles into illustrations. As an association, our main role at LION Publishers is to support our members in building financially sustainable news businesses.

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Learning to become a doctor during COVID-19 — The Beacon

Aug 26, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

Traditional health care education is adapting to new challenges. By Brittany Callan Usually, the first-year osteopathic medical students at Kansas City University practice their skills on mannequins and dissect cadavers. Now they’re using virtual tools instead. While health care students are used to interactive, physical learning, COVID-19 is changing that. Instead, much of the in-person learning is being replaced with virtual lectures, simulations and Zoom-based telehealthactivities.

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Tobacco retailers often located near Kansas City's public schools — The Beacon

Aug 24, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

A recent study found that local public schools in Kansas City are often located near tobacco retailers. By Brittany Callan With cigarette ads on display, the Philips 66 gas station 59th and Troost is a few hundred feet from Troost Elementary School. Chase Castor/The Beacon At the Phillips 66 gas station near the corner of Troost Avenue and East 59th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, you can see bright, colorful ads for tobacco products on sale.

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In the midst of a pandemic, Kansas City tenants face the looming threat of eviction — The Beacon

Aug 19, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

The end of the Jackson County, Missouri, eviction moratorium in response to COVID-19 has highlighted issues around access to low-income housing in Kansas City, Missouri. Meanwhile, Kansans on the other side of the state line have more protections. By Mili Mansaray Mars Smith’s apartment doesn’t have air conditioning, so she uses a box fan in the window on hot days. She’s facing eviction in the middle of the pandemic.

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The Beacon launches text messaging campaign around race and racism news in Kansas City — The Beacon

Jun 25, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

Today, we’re announcing a new program to deepen our commitment to social justice and racial equity coverage. Race Forward KC is a free engagement series done completely over text messaging. The channel allows for a back and forth — we’ll share local news and updates and we hope you’ll send news tips, questions for our reporters and ideas on how we can all take action to improve our communities. Sign up now.

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Journalism ethics and protest coverage in Kansas City — The Beacon

Jun 08, 2020 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| The Beacon Media

There’s a phenomenon called “The Protest Paradigm.” It’s how news coverage of protests can actually reinforce the status quo by emphasizing the disruption of protests while trivializing the needs of the protesters. These narratives harm the most vulnerable. The Beacon hosted an open community conversation to provide an inside look into decisions our newsroom is making in real time about covering protests around police brutality.

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The Latest Data Show Youth Suicides Continue To Rise In Missouri And Kansas

Feb 27, 2019 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| KBIA-FM (Columbia, MO)

In 2017 in Missouri, 75 children and teenagers killed themselves — the most on record, according to an analysis of the most recent available data for the state. That same year in Kansas, 99 young people took their own lives. Another record. It’s difficult to compare youth suicides in Kansas and Missouri because the two states track the data differently, and some places supress the numbers so that individuals aren't identifiable in the statistics.

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The Latest Data Show Youth Suicides Continue To Rise In Missouri And Kansas

Feb 27, 2019 |

By Kelsey Ryan

| KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO)

In 2017 in Missouri, 75 children and teenagers killed themselves — the most on record, according to an analysis of the most recent available data for the state. That same year in Kansas, 99 young people took their own lives. Another record. It’s difficult to compare youth suicides in Kansas and Missouri because the two states track the data differently, and some places supress the numbers so that individuals aren't identifiable in the statistics.

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Life as a Bird bounty hunter in Kansas City

Nov 08, 2018 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Chase Castor

| The Pitch (Kansas City)

The sun’s down, and we’re prowling the darkened streets of Kansas City in a small sedan, stalking our prey. We’ve got flashlights, and we’ve got cell phones. Little green, yellow, and red dots light up the map on the Bird app, guiding us on our hunt. Scooters, of course, are everywhere these days — dinky, almost toy-like vehicles scattered across the streets and sidewalks of the city, praised as part of the dawn of a new age of transportation.

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Little hope offered for unnecessary treatment

Aug 24, 2018 |

By Kelsey Ryan, Kelsey Ryan via

| Atchison Globe

KANSAS CITY — When Joanne Clarke read the recent news that oncologist Mark Fesen was going to be sued by the federal government for alleged fraud, she started crying."It brought all of this back.

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