Mackenzie Ryan Walters

Mackenzie Ryan Walters is the editor of faith storyteller.org, the author and editor of “Faith Storytellers: Unleash the Power of Your Story.”

Mackenzie also owns StoryStruck Marketing, which offers marketing and ghostwriting client services.

Journalism career highlights

Mackenzie’s journalism career spanned 14 years at newspapers in Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Florida, and Iowa. She had the opportunity to report and write stories, shoot and edit videos, and record and produce radio, online, and multi-media stories.

  • National award-winning education journalist

  • Covered a presidential campaign and stories inside NASA

  • Produced a television documentary that went to 3 million homes

  • Reported stories for drive-time radio for an NPR affiliate

  • Co-founded a live storytelling series, The Des Moines Storytellers Project (now the Iowa Storytellers Project)

Newspaper journalism experience

Mackenzie worked as a newspaper reporter for several newspapers between 2004 and 2019. Her byline was Mackenzie Ryan.

  • The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa)

  • Florida Today (Melbourne, Florida)

  • The Statesman Journal (Salem, Oregon)

  • The St. Cloud Times (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

  • The Gazette (Frederick, Maryland)

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in journalism and economics from American University in Washington, D.C. Her senior year she was editor-in-chief of the college newspaper, The Eagle.

  • Certificate of entrepreneurship from DMACC (Curriculum through Babson College) through the Goldman Sack’s 10,000 Small Business program.