Ricky Maranon

Multi-Media Journalist

Ricky Maranon
Ricky Maranon
Multi-Media Journalist
Ricky Maranon is a multimedia reporter for KCBY and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Before going in front of the camera, Ricky was a producer at KWTV News 9 in Oklahoma City where he also covered a few court cases and breaking news events.

Before entering TV news, Ricky was a reporter for the Tulsa World newspaper in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he covered higher education and the state capitol.

Ricky also anchored and produced in college for this school’s newscast OU Nightly, and he also reported for the school’s newspaper The OU Daily.

Ricky was named Top Male Journalism Student 2011 by the Oklahoma Gridiron Foundation, and he was awarded first place for in-depth and enterprise reporting by The Oklahoma Press Association for his coverage of a typo in a hate crimes bill that drastically altered the meaning of a proposed bill that was moving through the Oklahoma legislature.

In addition to being recognized by The Oklahoma Press Association, Ricky has also been honored by the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists for criminal justice reporting after he followed a check fraud artist across the State of Oklahoma as he tried to establish a fake charity.

Ricky’s stories have also appeared on MSNBC and The Huffington Post.

Recent stories by Ricky Maranon

Local & Regional Police: Missing woman likely drowned Police: Missing woman likely drowned
By Ricky Maranon KCBY News Published: Mar 18, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013 at 8:51 AM PDT
An autopsy on Saturday has led police to confirm that the body found last week in Coos Bay is that of Holly Berry. They say the cause of death is likely drowning.