She covers the Pentagon, military issues and national security at The Washington Post.

Ryan started as a Correspondent covering Iraq in 2008 for Reuters News Agency.

[3] Ryan was then posted to Mexico for four months as the Acting Bureau Chief before returning to Washington to serve as Pentagon Correspondent.

In 2012, Ryan became a White House fellow and won the New York Press Club award for political reporting in 2012.

Ryan joined The Washington Post in 2014 as a Staff Writer, covering the Pentagon.