Ryan Struyk - Director, AI Innovation
Ryan Struyk
Director, AI Innovation
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Trump AI czar hits back at ‘doomer cult’ and mass-unemployment fearsJun 11, 2025White House AI czar David Sacks dismissed concerns about the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the job market on Tuesday following a dire warning from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei that unemployment could climb as high as 20 percent in the next one to five years. -
He wrote the Christian case against same-sex marriage. Now he’s changed his mindSep 20, 2024Almost three decades ago, Richard Hays, a minister and the soon-to-be dean of Duke Divinity School, wrote what became the go-to traditionalist Christian argument against same-sex marriage. In a seismic reversal, Hays now says his views have changed. -
Roe has lasted almost 50 years. How unusual would it be to overturn it?May 4, 2022A CNN analysis of congressional data shows overruling the landmark abortion rights case would be unusual, but far from unprecedented. -
Most Georgia voters say Senate runoff elections conducted fairly, CNN exit poll showsJan 6, 2021Most Georgia voters in the runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate say they are confident that the votes will be counted accurately, according to the early results of an exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research. -
Young Americans and White college-educated voters flock to Biden in several battleground states, CNN exit polls showNov 5, 2020Young Americans and White voters with college degrees flocked to former Vice President Joe Biden in several key swing states, according to results of a nationwide CNN exit poll, moving him closer to capturing the electoral votes necessary to win the White House. -
More Latino voters support Trump in 2020 than 2016, but young Americans favor Biden, early CNN exit polls showNov 5, 2020President Donald Trump picked up more Latino voters in several key battleground states than he won in 2016, according to results of a nationwide CNN exit poll. -
Kamala Harris: ‘We do have two systems of justice in America’Sep 6, 2020Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris strongly rebuked President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr for denying there’s systemic racism in the US justice system, saying they are “spending full time in a different reality.” -
9 takeaways from Tapper’s interviews with Pelosi, Fauci, de Blasio and moreMar 29, 2020The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, the mayor of America’s largest city and three sitting governors joined Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning. -
Exit polls show Biden drawing key groups away from SandersMar 11, 2020Former Vice President Joe Biden expanded his winning coalition on Tuesday night, delivering another commanding win in the South with black voters and moderates while also winning over groups that went for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016, according to preliminary exit polls. -
Black voters power Biden’s southern surge but Latinos give Sanders the edge in CaliforniaMar 4, 2020Former Vice President Joe Biden swept to victories across southern states on Super Tuesday, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders led in the biggest delegate reserve of the primary season: California. -
Debate clinched late support for Klobuchar, exit polls showFeb 12, 2020Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar won over moderates, college-educated and older voters in the last 72 hours of the primary in New Hampshire, according to CNN exit polls, a combination that helped lift her to a solid third-place finish on Tuesday night. -
New Hampshire Democrats want to beat Trump but can’t agree on how, exit polls showFeb 12, 2020Democratic voters turning out for Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary say they are looking for a candidate who can beat President Donald Trump over one who agrees with them on the issues by a roughly 2-to-1 margin, according to early exit polls conducted for CNN. -
Health care is the top issue for Iowa caucusgoers, entrance polls showFeb 4, 2020Health care emerged as the most important issue for choosing a nominee among Iowa Democratic caucusgoers, according to the entrance polls conducted Monday before the caucuses began. -
Why some Democrats are holding out on impeachmentSep 12, 2019In short: The less competitive the district, the more likely a House Democrat is to support an impeachment probe. -
Moulton on Iraqi boy: ‘I’ll remember his face until the day that I die’Jun 2, 2019Democratic presidential candidate Seth Moulton on Sunday opened up about his experience with post-traumatic stress in an emotional interview about his service in Iraq, while also highlighting his policy proposals to help millions with mental health. -
Sen. Kamala Harris says she wouldn’t have voted for NAFTAMay 12, 2019Presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris said she would not have voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 1994 deal drawing sharp divisions on trade philosophy among candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination.
About
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.
