Ron Olsen Biography
Ron Olsen is a Harford County, Maryland-based journalist. Olsen began his broadcasting career at the University of Minnesota’s student-run WMMR Radio (now “Radio K”). He worked in TV production at KSTP prior to his career in television and radio news.
Ron Olsen Age
Ron was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States of America.
Ron Olsen Education
Olsen received his education at the University of Minnesota and Bemidji State University. He has a background in vocal interpretation.
Ron Olsen Career
Olsen began his broadcasting career at the University of Minnesota’s student-run WMMR Radio (now “Radio K”). Prior to his career in television and radio news, he worked in TV production at KSTP, a Minneapolis-Saint Paul television station. Later in his career, he worked in broadcast journalism at KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, SD; WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH; KDKA-TV and radio in Pittsburgh, PA; WMAR-TV in Baltimore, MD; and KABC-TV, KHJ-TV (now KCAL-TV), KTLA-TV, and ABC Radio Networks in Los Angeles.[3] Olsen hosted the “Channel to Pittsburgh” talk show and the Group W public affairs show “Impact” at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. He co-hosted the “Weekend Gallery” talk show on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles.
Olsen joined the KTLA-TV staff in 1987. He worked as a reporter, news anchor, and talk show host while there. He worked at the Los Angeles Times from May 2002 to 2009, adapting stories from the daily newspaper into television segments that aired on KTLA-TV. Olsen left KTLA-TV in 2009. He is a SAG-AFTRA, Society of Professional Journalists, and Los Angeles Press Club member. Prior to the SAG-AFTRA merger, he served on the broadcast committee of AFTRA’s Los Angeles Local. Ron Olsen was one of the first journalists to arrive at the Bundy murder scene and was the primary field reporter for KTLA-TV’s coverage of the O. J. Simpson criminal and civil trials, which lasted nearly three years.
In 1992, Olsen covered the Los Angeles riots. He was at the Los Angeles Police Department’s headquarters in Parker Center when the rioting began, and he later covered the federal trials of the four officers charged with beating Rodney King. Olsen has volunteered for a number of charitable organizations, including the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation and the World Children’s Transplant Fund. Olsen is a member of the fraternity Theta Tau Epsilon.
Ron Olsen Awards
Olsen has received multiple Emmy Awards for his coverage of the Malibu Fire in 1993, the Northridge earthquake in 1994, and the best newscast over 35 minutes in length (Prime News-KTLA-TV) in 2006. He also received a Peabody Award for KTLA-TV’s coverage of the Rodney King beating in 1991. The Greater Los Angeles Press Club honored him with first place in television difficult news coverage in 2001.[8] Other awards include three “Golden Mike” awards from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California, the APTRA of California and Nevada’s 2001 award for spot news coverage, a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for spot news coverage from the RTNDA in 1998, and two “Golden Quill” awards from the Pittsburgh Press Club.
Ron Olsen Net Worth
Ron has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.