Young movie critic
brings laughs, insight
I wanted to express my sincere appreciation for the hilarious movie reviews featured in your newspaper this summer.
It is even more interesting to read them because they are the intelligent insights of a very wry, witty and outspoken 12-year-old film critic, Ryan Michaels.Â
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His latest review on the new “Transformers” movie was [...]
By Pete Cunningham
Pete Cunningham’s Blog, Word on the Street
Posted: February 9, 2008
Wunderkind Ryan Michaels, 12, was honored Friday, Feb.6, by the Michigan Press Association as the youngest-ever recipient of a professional journalism award. As I’m sure you all know by now, Ryan writes movie reviews for the Saline Reporter and Milan News-Leader of Heritage Newspapers, [...]
By Pete Cunningham, Special Writer

Saline Reporter, Milan News-Leader and the Oakland Press

PUBLISHED: February 5, 2009
Journalists from across the state will convene Friday at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids for the Michigan Press Association’s 2009 Winter Convention. Among the event’s attendees will be Gov. Jennifer Granholm, various state legislators and some of the [...]
By Pete Cunningham
Michigan Press Association, The Bulletin
Meet Ryan Michaels. Ryan Michaels is an award-winning journalist who does movie reviews for Heritage Newspapers, Inc. Ryan’s reviews are printed in the Saline Reporter and the Milan News-Leader, published online and occasionally broadcast over the Internet. Â Â read Pete’s article