Ryan Struyk is an Emmy award-winning journalist leading CNN’s strategic efforts to integrate artificial intelligence in the newsroom as Director of AI Innovation. In this position, he focuses on empowering journalists to tell AI-driven stories, leveraging AI to streamline editorial workflows, and educating journalists to use AI ethically and responsibly.

Struyk was previously a television producer for State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash in Washington, focused on writing interview questions for political guests across Sunday programming, town halls, special events and CNN’s presidential debates. He won three Emmy awards for his coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, the East Palestine train disaster and the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Struyk started at CNN as a data reporter for the CNN Politics digital team and a producer for the CNN Politics mobile app. He also worked on CNN’s public opinion polling and survey methodology analysis.

Before coming to CNN, Struyk won an Edward R. Murrow award for Overall Excellence in Television and Radio as a political researcher at ABC News in Washington during the 2016 presidential election. He conducted public opinion polling during the 2014 midterm elections for Langer Research Associates in New York. He also covered the Idaho state legislature for the Associated Press in Boise.

Struyk was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Calvin University in 2014 with degrees in mathematics and political science.