Journalist | Editor | Storyteller
RYAN MANCINI
Journalist. Editor. Storyteller.
What you will find in this collection of my work is a taste of my skills, interests and talents as a journalist. Straightforward reporting is never in short supply, however feature writing, essays, reviews, Q&A's and multimedia projects are among all the other assignments I excel at and delight in working on. For now, there's a great deal of my professional and personal evolution to go through. I invite you to contact me with any questions.
RECENT ASSIGNMENTS
NEW ENGLAND HAS NOT HAD A TORNADO IN OVER A YEAR. HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD STILL BE PREPARED
Aug. 13, 2025
Over one year after the last tornado was reported in Massachusetts, weather conditions have occasionally prompted some risk of tornadoes developing, yet none materialized in 2025. Changing weather patterns have largely contributed to the lack of twisters in New England this year, but one meteorologist said that this should not mean people should sit back and relax. If ever there was one, now is the time to prepare.
WORCESTER RELEASES BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF WOMAN'S ARREST BY ICE AGENTS
May 16, 2025
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained a Brazilian woman on Eureka Street in Worcester, which led to a local police presence after agents called 911 asking for protection from neighbors and demonstrators who condemned the arrest. The incident was caught on camera, both by residents and police, detailing what followed after ICE detained the woman and police arrested her daughter.
HOW A WORCESTER AUTO BODY SHOP IS BECOMING A BLACK RADICAL BOOKSTORE
Feb. 25, 2025
A former auto body shop in Worcester, Massachusetts, is on track to become the latest bookstore to join several others in the city. What makes this shop different is that it will be a home for local activist groups to gather, read, share ideas and organize, with an emphasis on learning about the African diaspora and how to build a new future.
MORE PROJECTS
KAMALA HARRIS HANDILY WINS MASS., AS TRUMP WINS NATIONWIDE
Nov. 6, 2024
On the night of the 2024 Presidential Election, state campaign parties were held for then-Vice President Kamala Harris and then-former President Donald Trump across different parts of Massachusetts. Supporters celebrated into the night, with both winding down as Trump won more electoral votes, ultimately leading to his second electoral win as he declared victory. By the end of the night, he would return to the White House as the 47th president.
FROM MEDWAY TO GAZA: HOW A MASS. FAMILY WOUND UP IN A WAR ZONE
Aug. 19, 2024
A Palestinian-American family from Medway traveled to Gaza in late 2024 for a vacation. Parents Abood Okal and Wafaa Abuzayda, and their 2-year-old son Yousef, met with loved ones after years and thousands of miles of distance. They were met with love and unrelenting happiness in the territory of their birth. Then the attack on Oct. 7, 2023 meant they needed to find a way to return to the United States, protect their young son and a means to survive.
A MASS. FAMILY CELEBRATED 3-YEAR-OLD'S LIFE WITH PARADE, MUSIC AND A BIRTHDAY
July 18, 2024
After a year of chemotherapy, clinical trials and countless hospital visits, doctors sat down 3-year-old William “Billy” Fournier’s parents with the news that the treatments were not working. This, doctors said, was likely the end. But before his last breath, his family celebrated his short life with a parade, a "second" birthday for the year and a musical performance before he died in his father's arms, as July 4 fireworks lit up the skies over the Cape and Islands.
SERVICES PROVIDED
Journalists in the 21st century must become human Swiss Army knives despite the concept of "emphasis." Past my focus on covering American politics, I am a clear-minded reporter with a sharp attention to detail and grammar, editing each sentence as I go along. Whether it is adhering to AP Style as a reporter, section editor or editor-in-chief, editing is among the most common practices of my life. This extends to podcasting, a passion of mine that has widened my skills into being a content creator within a new medium as well as a journalist with another platform to showcase my communication skills, one-on-one interviewing abilities and encyclopedic knowledge on countless topics.
REPORTING
Second to the need to write, I conduct independent reporting eager to go beyond the final, official word.
EDITING
My commitment to journalism hinges on my love of language. I pursue work presented in a coherent, detailed way clean of errors and grammatically correct.
PODCASTING
An emphasis in print has only pushed my fascination and growing experience with the broadcast medium.
"Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs."
