About April Ryan

April Ryan is also the Washington D.C Bureau Chief and Senior White House Correspondent at theGrio. She can be seen on CNN as a political analyst. Ryan is the longest-serving Black woman reporter in the White House press corps and has served on the board of the prestigious White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) for 25 years. She is one of only three African Americans in the Association’s over 100-year history to serve on its board. She is also an esteemed member of the National Press Club. In 2015, Ms. Ryan was nominated for an NAACP Image Award (Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author) for her first book.

April opened the DC Bureau for theGrio and led theGrio to a permanent White House Briefing room seat and into presidential and supplemental pool duty, a first for a Black-owned digital news organization.

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Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown
March 24, 2022
As the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson ends, Black women reflect on potential history for generations to…
March 21, 2022
As Jackson gears up for opening statements and first round of Senate questions, Black women are rallying in Washington, D.C.…
March 18, 2022
Congressman Meeks updates theGrio on his trip to Poland about the mistreatment of Africans at the Ukraine border.
Vice President Kamala Harris
March 17, 2022
Vice President Harris, along with department officials, announced “Project Serve Grants” will provide up to $150,000 for HBCUs.
March 16, 2022
Black women missed out on $39.3 billion in 2019 alone, says U.S. Labor Department's Wendy Chun-Hoon who runs the agency's…
Attorney Benjamin Crump, Breonna Taylor's mother Tamika Palmer and co-counsel Lonita Baker
March 15, 2022
Attorney Ben Crump tells theGrio the DOJ is "investigating all possible civil rights violations" in the police killing of Taylor.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Black farmer
March 15, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and members of a 15-member equity commission tell theGrio the USDA's aim is to redress the wrongs…
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
March 11, 2022
In a letter obtained by theGrio, members of Congress call out the gap in the government's advertising spending on Black-owned…
White House x Brittney Griner
March 10, 2022
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee shared with theGrio that officials told the Congressional Black Caucus that Griner's situation is "on their…
March 8, 2022
Members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are meeting with Congressional leaders and White House officials.
Rep. Gregory Meeks, theGrio.com
March 4, 2022
From the White House to the halls of Congress, the U.S. government says it's doing its part in aiding African…
President Joe Biden
March 1, 2022
TheGrio’s April Ryan was part of the president's annual luncheon with news anchors to preview his State of the Union…
African refugees in Ukraine
March 1, 2022
Video of Africans being blocked at the border in Ukraine has sparked condemnation and financial support from Africans in London.
U.S. President Joe Biden
February 28, 2022
Experts speak with theGrio on the state of Black America ahead of President Joe Biden's first State of the Union…
February 26, 2022
Advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are applauding President Joe Biden’s historic Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Travyvon Martin thegrio.com
February 26, 2022
Ben Crump, who served as the attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, and U.S. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson spoke exclusively to theGrio.
Senate Judiciary Committee Considers Nominations For Judges
February 25, 2022
President Biden fulfills his campaign promise to select the nation's first Black woman to become Supreme Court justice.
President Joe Biden
February 24, 2022
"I'm hoping that the [U.S.] doesn't make the mistake of going into Ukraine trying to nation-build," U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson…
Supreme Court candidates
February 20, 2022
White House officials held calls with allies discussing the announcement of Biden's historic Black woman nominee for the Supreme Court.
Obama
February 20, 2022
This Black History Month, theGrio takes a look at President Obama's upcoming presidential library being constructed in Chicago's south side.