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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January 4, 2022
Labor Secretary Walsh tells theGrio the Biden administration will be "aggressive" at remedying the economic challenges for Black Americans.
White House Voting Rights Protest
December 29, 2021
From voting rights to the COVID-19 response, the Biden White House and Congress grappled with a host of matters impacting…
President Biden and Vice President Harris
December 17, 2021
This week President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris leaned in on critical challenges impacting Black and minority communities.
Jackson Ward, Virginia
December 17, 2021
Black communities and elected officials are hoping money from Biden can be used to help undo the nation's decades of…
Martin Luther King III -theGrio.com
December 15, 2021
"You show up for the bridges now show up for the people!” Arndrea King, president of Drum Major Institute, said…
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
December 10, 2021
With days left before Christmas, millions of families face what could be their last check from the Biden administration’s child…
Biden Haiti Immigration
December 7, 2021
Nana Gyamfi, director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration, says the U.S. is "deadly silent" on the issue of Haiti…
Byron Allen thegrio.com
December 2, 2021
Media mogul Byron Allen, the owner of theGrio, has penned an open letter in support of the confirmation of Gigi…
US Reps. Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar
November 30, 2021
Democrats on the Hill push Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to publicly call out Boebert after contentious phone call with…
November 29, 2021
Biden said the omicron variant of the coronavirus is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic” during his…
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
November 26, 2021
Rep. Johnson recalls her time in Congress and her fellow members share words of praise and admiration for her years-long…
November 23, 2021
Gasoline prices are expected to drop with the latest move by Biden to release millions of barrels from oil reserves…
November 22, 2021
“There is going to have to be a moment where we are, unfortunately, but comfortably living in equilibrium with this…
November 19, 2021
King, and other civil rights leaders, say the Kyle Rittenhouse trial's outcome was a miscarriage of justice.
U.S. President Joe Biden
November 17, 2021
White House Advisor Cedric Richmond and CBC Chair Joyce Beatty explain how Biden's infrastructure law impacts Black Americans.
Glynn County courthouse Arbery
November 17, 2021
Black pastors and allied clergy will convene outside of the Glynn County courthouse in Georgia to pray for the family…
November 16, 2021
After Biden signed into law part one of his infrastructure agenda, activists returned to protesting to get Democrats to pass…
President Biden Signs Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
November 15, 2021
Biden has a major victory after he signed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. Black leaders now eye…
Ahmaud Arbery
November 12, 2021
Black pastors react to defense attorney's name courtroom statements during trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
U.S. President Joe Biden
November 10, 2021
While Biden acknowledged that inflation is "worrisome," he and officials say billions will create more jobs and improve infrastructure.