Ryan DezemberRyan Dezember is based in New York and writes about commodities, including oil, natural gas, cotton, lumber and grains, as well as real assets, such as timberland, energy infrastructure and rental houses. Before that, he was based in the Journal’s Houston bureau, where he reported on the oil-and-gas industry in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and amid the shale-drilling boom. Prior to joining The Wall Street Journal in 2010, Ryan was a reporter for the Mobile Register, south Alabama’s daily newspaper. There he wrote about politics, crime, hurricanes, environmental issues and the housing boom and subsequent bust along Alabama’s beaches. He is a graduate of Kent State University and the author of “Underwater: How Our American Dream of Homeownership Became a Nightmare,” winner of the Bruss Real Estate Book Award.

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