Ryan Mercado, Author at 89.7 Eastside FM

The Final Tally News roundup for week of 5th May 2025: Election results and analysis

Posted on May 5, 2025 (May 5, 2025)

Happy Monday everyone, Ryan here, a little bit early this week for the last Final Tally news roundup up for the 2025 Federal Election! Saturday’s vote and the aftermath was historic, so let’s get into it. Labor wins federal election in historic landslide The Labor Party, headed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese decisively won the […]

The Final Tally News roundup for week of 1st May 2025

Posted on May 1, 2025 (May 1, 2025)

Hello everyone, happy Thursday, happy first day of May, and happy last week of the election campaign. We are only two days out from Australians going to the polls and electing a new Government. The news over the last week has been heavy, both here and abroad, so let’s go through it one last time […]

The Final Tally News roundup for week of 24 April 2025

Posted on April 24, 2025 (April 23, 2025)

Hello everyone, Ryan here with another news roundup. This week, more international news instead of local news has been making the headlines so I’ll keep you up to date on what’s been happening abroad, as well as here in Australia. Death of Pope Francis hits the pause button on the campaign Over the last week […]

The Final Tally News roundup for week of 17 April

Posted on April 17, 2025 (April 17, 2025)

Hello everyone, happy Thursday! Ryan here, once again to give you the latest roundup on all the latest political news both here in Australia and around the world to help you make sense of it all during these crazy times and the election campaign. Its been a busy week so lets dive in. Campaign launches […]

The Final Tally News roundup for week of 10 April

Posted on April 10, 2025 (April 10, 2025)

Hello everyone, Ryan here once again for your political news roundup for this last week of 10 April, and what a week it has been! So much has happened since last week both here in Australia and around the world, but don’t worry, I’m here to summarise it for you to help you understand. Lets […]

The Final Tally News roundup for week of 3 April

Posted on April 3, 2025 (April 22, 2025)

Hello everyone, Ryan here once again for your weekly roundup of all things political news! Apologies for the late post, I was a bit under the weather last week so last’s week’s post will be posted today. So without further ado, here is your Final Tally politics news post for the week of 3 April. […]

The Final Tally News roundup for this week 27 March

Posted on March 27, 2025 (March 27, 2025)

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week has gone well. The weather is certainly starting to change here in Sydney and autumn is coming. Though we still have days in the 20s, it is definitely starting to turn. I want to begin this post by introducing you to my newest news feature: Weekly news roundups […]

How to Stay Informed, Avoid News Fatigue, and Focus on What Matters

Posted on February 4, 2025 (February 5, 2025)

If you’re like me, over the past few weeks, the flurry of news coming out of the United States has been stressful to navigate. The rate at which the new administration of President Trump has flooded the news cycle is at such a fast pace, it can feel like the casual news reader is drowning […]

From East Coast US to Eastside Sydney: An American journalist joins Eastside Radio

Posted on January 22, 2025 (January 22, 2025)

Chasing Sunshine, Stories, and Jazz Tunes: My Aussie Adventure Begins Hello everyone, I’m Ryan! I’m a journalist who hails from the US state of Maryland and I just started here at Eastside FM to bring a fresh perspective and work on projects to help the station this summer and autumn. I’ve always wanted to live […]

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