Ruyak Media is rooted in journalism. Our stories are wrapped around events that really happened and the people who made unexpected choices when life came at them 'with a twist.'  

Beth Ruyak guides our team of talented and award-winning production professionals. Collectively, we have decades of experience across multiple platforms.  And, we love telling true stories about surprising people.

Meet
Beth Ruyak

Beth Ruyak began her career in journalism almost four decades ago as a news reporter in Minnesota. Over the many years and many jobs that followed, Beth emerged as an award-winning television and radio broadcaster, producer, public speaker and writer.

In 1992, she landed the first of six Olympic assignments, reporting for the Emmy-award winning NBC Sports team at the Barcelona Summer Games. At the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, Beth was part of the CBS Olympics broadcast team, reporting for KXTV, the Sacramento, CA affiliate. In 1995 she returned to NBC Sports and continued sideline reporting at the Games in Atlanta, Sydney and Salt Lake City. In 2014, with a non-network credential, Beth spent a week at the Sochi Winter Games, using her iPhone to send stories and images to Capital Public Radio.

Beth credits many sports colleagues all over the world with teaching her the art of interviewing and storytelling.

Beth jumped into public radio after thirty years in television. In 2012, she became the host of Insight with Beth Ruyak on Sacramento’s CapRadio, navigating a wide landscape of conversation in a live, daily talkshow format. Since leaving the show in July 2020, she has focused on documentary work.

Beth is currently pursuing her MA in a graduate studies program at Sac State. The Ruyak Media team is in the midst of producing its next documentary.