NATSO Connect 2019

Dan Ronan
Associate News Editor, Transport Topics; Anchor, Sirius XM, Road Dog Trucking



Dan Ronan is the Associate News Editor Print and Multimedia for Transport Topics. Ronan’s specialty is business and financial reporting. He is also the anchor of Transport Topics’ Live on Web monthly newsmaker roundtable and the host of Transport Topics Radio, a weekly news show on SiriusXM’s Road Dog News Channel 146 which covers the trucking industry. Ronan also serves as a part-time news anchor on Sirius XM as the back-up host for Road Dog Trucking News and Road Dog Live. During his career, Ronan has been awarded eight Emmy Awards and two Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalism excellence. He has traveled to the Iraq/Kuwait border with the U.S. Army, reported from an earthquake zone along the India-Pakistan border, the Oval Office, Camp David, Maryland and twice aboard a NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft as it flew into the eye of two separate category five hurricanes, Ivan and Rita. Ronan was a network correspondent with CNN, CBS NewsPath (freelance) and reported for leading stations in Dallas and Atlanta. Ronan’s Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2015, he earned a Master’s Degree in Strategic Communications Management from Kent State University where he serves on the journalism school’s Professional Advisory Board. Ronan is a licensed commercial pilot, with instrument and multi-engine ratings. He also earned two certificates in Aviation Accident Investigation Management from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

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