Jacob de Vries

Jacob de Vries (40) is an experienced digital content specialist, journalistic project lead, and AI product owner at the Evangelical Broadcasting Company (EO). Over the past fifteen years, he has worked in a wide range of journalistic and digital roles at EO, NPO Radio 1, RTL, and AVROTROS. He has built strong online formats, guided editorial teams through digital transformation, and developed content strategies that are both audience-focused and data-driven.

As the product owner of EO’s AI and innovation team, he connects journalistic values with technological progress. He explores how AI can support newsrooms, experiments with generative technologies in content production, and translates innovation opportunities into concrete applications across the organization. His analyses and perspectives on AI, search traffic, and platform dynamics also feature in his own publications.