Nick Ryan
Strategic Communications Advisor in the United Kingdom
Nick Ryan
Strategic Communications Advisor in the United Kingdom
Me
An award-winning international journalist since 1992, today I drive strategic communications for clients in the legal, anti-corruption and anti-extremism fields.
Communications
I head communications and marketing for investigative law firm MKS, and was previously communications director and led special projects for the anti-extremism campaign, HOPE not hate.
Other clients have included the UK government’s Cabinet Office, the Centre for Finance & Security (at RUSI), the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR), the joint liquidators of Stanford International Bank, plus NGOs such as Children on the Edge, Health Poverty Action, the ICRC and Muslim Aid.
Journalism
As a journalist, I have reported from conflict zones, written from the townships of South Africa, undertaken investigations into gold selling in virtual games, visited Kurdistan, produced longform Ponzi investigations, covered the case of the 'American Taliban', and witnessed the birth of an amazing TV network which helped unite the Kurdish nation (for WIRED) – see more at my legacy site.
Digital
An early digital adopter, I was an editor for the Royal Geographical Society’s magazine, Geographical, pioneering its online expansion. I helped launch Yoosk, a cutting-edge new media project that allowed the public to pose direct questions to politicians and public figures. I have gone on to lead brand strategy, and manage digital and social media, plus run podcasts, for various clients.
Books
I'm the author of a critically-acclaimed exposé of extreme-right movements across the globe, called HOMELAND: Into a World of Hate, described as "reportage of the most illuminating kind" by the Times Literary Supplement, "a tremendous scary exposé" by The Independent, and "a heart of darkness" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. I continue to edit books.
TV
I was Creative Producer of the BBC One TV drama England Expects, which was inspired by HOMELAND, and have consulted on numerous other TV projects, including helping to create the BBC Two documentary Welcome To The Mosque.