Jason Ryan, a veteran producer for ABC News, has moved to energy giant BP as a press officer.
Ryan, based in Houston, will handle U.S. communications for the company, including the Gulf Region where it continues to repair damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Ryan has covered the Justice Department and Dept. of Homeland Security for ABC for the past nine years, including coverage of the DH oil spill. He speaks Russian and before ABC consulted on business trends in Russia and the former Society Union.
BP in 2011 brought in former Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell to head U.S. communications.
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