Ryan Kath is a national award-winning investigative journalist with a reputation for uncovering problems, exposing taxpayer waste, protecting consumers, holding public officials accountable, and prompting positive changes in communities.
His investigations have earned more than 20 regional Emmy Awards, including being nominated as an outstanding investigative reporter for the past 12 years.
He has received more than 10 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and a prestigious national honor from the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for an investigative documentary about the missteps surrounding a natural gas explosion at a restaurant.
Since joining NBC10 Boston in 2018, Kath and the investigative team have launched two award-winning series: To Catch a Contractor and Small Town Secrets.
Before that, Kath spent three years in the Boston market at WBZ-TV, eight years at KSHB-TV in Kansas City, and two years at KTTC-TV in Rochester, Minnesota.
Kath earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication in 2004. He’s maintained his connection to the campus as an adjunct professor since 2018.
It was at BU where Kath met his wife. The couple are now proud parents of two daughters and also have a mischievous adopted pooch named Pancake.
On the weekends, you’ll find Kath on the sidelines coaching his daughters or chasing his misguided soccer aspirations in the New England over-the-hill league.
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Pentagon Report Will Show UFOs Pose ‘Major Intelligence Issue,' Top Journalist Says
In a forthcoming report, government officials are expected to say what they know about unidentified objects encountered by the military. For Leslie Kean, the mystery surrounding UFOs only deepened over the last two decades as she investigated evidence from around the globe.
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‘Rats Get Bats': Boston Police Investigating If Officers Made Capitol Riot Posts
The Boston Police Department continues to investigate complaints against at least two officers stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection and comments made in its aftermath. Police records obtained by NBC10 Boston name a pair of officers facing ongoing probes, details the department has declined for months to release, citing the open investigations. They show police launched an inquiry into officer…
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City: Walsh Had No Written Communication About Boston Police Commissioner Pick
A long-delayed disclosure by the city of Boston could lend credibility to former Mayor Marty Walsh’s claim he was unaware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the city’s embattled police commissioner before naming him to the job.
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Ex-Girlfriend Expressed Concern About Mikayla Miller's Mental Health Prior to Death
The NBC10 Boston Investigators have obtained an email which indicates Mikayla Miller’s ex-girlfriend reached out to a school guidance counselor several days before her death, expressing concern about her mental health. On Tuesday, the Hopkinton teen’s death was ruled a suicide, according to a death certificate filed by the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The certificate concluded...
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Video Cameras at Mikayla Miller's Apartment Weren't Recording, DA Says
Investigators probing the death of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller were unable to retrieve key video evidence in the case because cameras in her Massachusetts apartment building weren’t recording the night she died, according to the district attorney.
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MBTA Delay: $8 Million Trolley Refurbishment Two Years Behind Schedule
The MBTA invested millions of taxpayer dollars to bring historic trolleys up to speed in one of Boston’s most transit-dependent communities. However, the NBC10 Investigators discovered the project is years behind schedule. Instead of refurbished 1940s era trolleys rolling along the Mattapan-Ashmont line, we learned shells of the first two stripped-down cars pulled out of service are still sitting...
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Many Likely Skipped Massachusetts Travel Form, Records Show
If you traveled during the pandemic, but neglected to fill out the required form notifying the state of Massachusetts, you aren’t alone. Records reviewed by the NBC10 Investigators suggest thousands of people visiting or returning to Massachusetts over a recent seven-month period likely skipped filing a travel form, based on vehicle and air travel during that time. Filing the...
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Benefits Behind Bars: Mass. Investigating Unemployment Paid to Inmates
The NBC10 Investigators have learned the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance placed holds on unemployment benefits for around 1,700 people who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance during a period while they were apparently incarcerated.
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After Criminal Charge, Firefighter Collects $200K in Salary on Paid Leave and Retires
A longtime Braintree firefighter has retired after collecting more than $200,000 in salary while on paid leave. Town officials relieved Lt. Kevin MacAleese of his duties at the fire department pending an investigation in December 2018 after he was accused of threatening a woman while off-duty in Whitman. Under a plea deal, MacAleese admitted in court two months later there…
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Mass. Lawmaker Files Bill To Stop ‘Nightmare' License Suspensions
There’s a new push on Beacon Hill to help drivers trapped by invalid license suspensions. A bill filed by state Sen. Eric Lesser would give the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles discretion over whether to suspend someone’s driving privileges in certain cases. The move comes after the RMV penalized thousands of drivers in Massachusetts in recent months for violations...
