Ryan Garza is a multiple Emmy award-winning photojournalist covering news throughout the state of Michigan in photo and video. Garza, who was born and raised in the city of Flint, worked for over a decade as a staff photographer at The Flint Journal before joining the Detroit Free Press in 2012. He has won numerous state and national awards for his photojournalism including an Edward R. Murrow award for his work documenting the Flint Water Crisis. Garza has been named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year in 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2012.