Ryan Elias
Ryan Elias has a bachelor of arts in Japanese and Classical Chinese, and a masters of journalism focusing on American political coverage. In his thesis, he examined how academic knowledge is framed and translated into traditional print news coverage of health care in the United States. He has strong suspicions that there is no better life on this planet than that of a food and wine writer, but would be happy to grow old writing freelance.
Reporting beat: Long conversations typically take the place of interviews in Ryan's work.
Connection to B.C.: Ryan was born in Bella Coola, BC, and raised in Victoria and Vancouver.
Stories by Ryan Elias
Girl Meets Boy II
Dinner winding down, I ask more about my transgender friends' experience with sex, families and tough criticism. Last of two.
Girl Meets Boy
I always wondered how my transgender friends Amy and Gavin dealt with love, sex, surgery -- everything, really. So I invited them for dinner. First of two.
Call to Investigate Forest Camp 'Nightmare'
Workers tell of ordeal as BC Fed demands probe into why protections weren't enforced.
Busking Loose in Vancouver
This is the summer street performers joined to challenge the city's 'no fun' rules. Are they winning?
Five Essential Eco-thrillers
Nature on the brink is a hot theme for novels right now. The best might have been written in 1851.
A 'Storybox' Full of Downtown Eastside Voices
Thursdays are for writing at Carnegie Centre. The group's latest collection brims with humour and grit.
