About Ron Olsen
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Ron Olsen is a veteran tv news broadcaster/voiceover artist based in Los Angeles.  Over the years he has been with KABC-TV and ABC Radio (Los Angeles) , KDKA-TV and Radio (Pittsburgh),  WMAR-TV (Baltimore), WBNS-TV (Columbus. Ohio). KELO-TV, Sioux Falls, SD, KSTP-TV, Minneapoilis/St. Paul and most recently KTLA-TV (Los Angeles).  Notable coverage includes the Rodney King beating trials, the Los Angeles riots, the Northridge earthquake, the OJ Simpson criminal and civil trials, the Malibu Fire of 1993, the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan in 1980 and Mr. Reagan’s funeral service in June of 2004 in Simi Valley.  

A pioneer in the filed of electronic news gathering (ENG), Olsen worked for legendary news director Bill Vance at WBNS-TV in Columbus, which was among the first tv stations in the country to abandon 16mm film and go with “ENG” and regular live coverage from the field in the mid-70’s.

Ron Olsen is a member of a team of reporters that received the Peabody Award for breaking the story and then continuing coverage of the Rodney King beating incident.  He is also the recipient of three Emmy awards, a regional Edward R. Murrow award from the RTNDA,  AP awards for breaking news coverage,  an award for “best spot news” from APTRA of California and Nevada, three “Golden Mike” awards from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California, a first place award for hard news coverage from the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, two Sigma Delta Chi "Golden Quill" awards and more.

Olsen gained some notoriety for his coverage of the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil trials on KTLA-TV.   Coverage of the criminal trial was broadcast internationally.  The coverage of both trials ran on for nearly three years.  In  April of 2002, he was asked to take a desk at the Los Angeles Times, where he became a key part of the Tribune Company’s move toward achieving “synergy” between its newspapers and television stations.   For more than four years Olsen worked with the editors and reporters at the Times, adapting newspaper stories and series for television news.  He left the Times in 2007 and departed KTLA and the Tribune Company in 2009.  “Working with the people at the Los Angeles Times, some of the finest journalists in the world, was both a privilege and an amazing learning experience” Olsen says. 

A native of Minnesota,  Ron Olsen studied Communications/Theater Arts at the University of Minnesota.  He also studied vocal interpretation with the late Lilyan Wilder (NY) and Pat Fraley and Tom Clay in Los Angeles.  He is the founder and publisher of the WorkingReporter.com website for journalists and the WorkingReporter Blog.  He currently blogs on a regular basis, does voiceover work and is putting together a book about his youth in Minnesota.

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Samples of Ron's voiceover work can be found by clicking here.






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