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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U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, theGrio.com
October 1, 2021
Pressley calls on Congress to “stand in the gap” to lessen the blow to social issues, like abortion, ravished by…
Maxine Waters, Yvette Clarke, Ritchie Torres, theGrio.com
September 30, 2021
Lawmakers and others around the world were triggered by the images of border patrol agents whipping the Haitian and Black…
Maxine Waters and Ayanna Pressley, theGrio.com
September 29, 2021
TheGrio spoke with people involved in and around negotiations between the White House and Congress over a looming government shutdown.
Former
September 28, 2021
Former Obama administration officials celebrate the history-making moment in Chicago's Southside and remember their 8 years in office.
Federal Employees In Chicago Hold Prayer Vigil Against Government Shutdown
September 27, 2021
For Black America this shutdown could compound hurt on top of hurt as loss of payment could further damage access…
September 25, 2021
From fashion to food, these Black vendors are giving theGrio a preview of new products and signature inventory.
September 23, 2021
On a handwritten card Biden carried in his pocket at the White House, Haiti, policing and votings rights are at…
White House and Haitian migrants, theGrio.com
September 22, 2021
In addition to the meeting with Biden officials, Al Sharpton and others will visit the border to survey the treatment…
September 21, 2021
Members of Congress and civil rights leaders called out Biden officials as Haitian migrants are whipped and corralled at the…
September 20, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told theGrio: "Our immigration policy is not about discriminating against one country over another."
Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Tim Scott, theGrio.com
September 16, 2021
Sources tell theGrio movement on police reform could come soon as Manchin is set to meet with Sen. Scott on…
U.S. President George W. Bush, theGrio.com
September 11, 2021
theGrio's April Ryan speaks with former White House reporter Sonya Ross, who was part of America's first-ever nuclear bunker press…
September 9, 2021
Medical statistics show that of all children, Black and Latino boys are hit hardest by COVID infections and hospitalization.
September 7, 2021
theGrio confirms government officials and law enforcement agencies are investigating a ransomware cyberattack at Howard University.
September 3, 2021
President Biden is visiting cities most impacted by Hurricane Ida -- but it's Black and brown communities most vulnerable to…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
September 2, 2021
After the Supreme Court voted to allow Texas' restrictive anti-abortion bill, the White House, lawmakers and abortion advocates are outraged.
August 31, 2021
Biden will be address the nation on Tuesday a day after Blinken announced that the U.S. has shifted to a…
A health worker gives a man a shot of the Jenssen COVID-19 vaccine from the Johnson & Johnson - theGrio.com
August 30, 2021
Ryan is now opting into a mix and match medical trial for those who would like to take a booster…
Sharpton March on for Washington thegrio.com
August 28, 2021
Marchers and activists gathered across the National Mall on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington to protest for…
President Biden Addresses The Nation After Explosions Rock Kabul
August 26, 2021
“We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and you will pay,” President Joe Biden…