Ryan Burke-Stevenson is an equipment manager and advanced photojournalist in the class of 2025. His favorite part of photojournalism is being able to give a visual element to stories. Outside of photojournalism, Ryan is interested in cooking and cycling.
Awards:
2026 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo gallery or slideshow (with Lila Coyne, Juliana Daugherty, Ari Novak, Lucy Shirrell, Caroline Skelly, Declan Smith, Ellis Calleri, Delaney Connell, Noah Gunning, Bryce Kenny, Devyn Moubayed, Eli Raikhel, Simon Vaang, Calder Wong), Gallery: Moments of Intensity
2025 National Scholastic Press Association Digital Story of the Year, Photo Slideshow, first place (with Lila Coyne, Juliana Daugherty, Bryce Kenny, Ari Novak, Lucy Shirrell, Caroline Skelly, Declan Smith, Ellis Calleri, Delaney Connell, Noah Gunning, Devyn Moubayed, Eli Raikhel, Simon Vaang, and Calder Wong), Moments of Intensity
2025 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle: Photo slideshow, first place (with Jaya Alenghat, Taariq Ahmed, Mia Lipson, Nathan Li, Olin Nafziger, Eli Raikhel, Grace LaBelle, Ellis Calleri, Bryce Light), Eclipse Excitement
2025 Illinois Journalism Education Association: First place, photo story (with Milo Platz-Walker, Simon Vaang, Eli Raikhel, Carter Chang, Bryce Light, Daniel Baeza), Peak Action, May 30, 2024
2025 Illinois Journalism Education Association: Second place, multimedia story package (with Jaya Alenghat, Taariq Ahmed, Mia Lipson, Nathan Li, Olin Nafziger, Eli Raikhel, Grace LaBelle, Ellis Calleri, Bryce Light), Eclipse excitement: Lab community gathers to celebrate unique celestial event
2024 National Scholastic Press Association Digital Story of the Year: Photo Slideshow (with Jaya Alenghat, Taariq Ahmed, Mia Lipson, Nathan Li, Olin Nafziger, Eli Raikhel, Grace LaBelle, Ellis Calleri, Bryce Light), honorable mention
2024 Scholastic Press Association of Chicago, non-sports photo: superior
2023 Association of Texas Photography Instructors Fall Contest, advertising, first honorable mention