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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President Biden Welcomes WNBA Champions Seattle Storm To The White House
August 25, 2021
President Joe Biden told the G-7 Summit he will not extend the Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan.
President Biden Welcomes WNBA Champions Seattle Storm To The White House
August 23, 2021
President Joe Biden got down on one knee in the East Room during the celebration of the WNBA champions Seattle…
Representative Gregory Meeks
August 20, 2021
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Congressman Gregory Meeks said of Biden's Afghanistan deadline: "That ain't happening."
August 20, 2021
Copycat behavior of domestic attacks in Washington is a concern, placing the nation’s capital on high alert after a bomb…
A COVID vaccine is administered thegrio.com
August 18, 2021
Booster shots are on the way in the United States for adults who have taken their second dose of the…
August 17, 2021
Afghanistan and Haiti have turned the White House upside down as efforts to address colliding crises have been described as…
July 30, 2021
“The Summer of Activism” akin to the 1960s is the blueprint to make Republicans move on the For The People…
July 27, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: President Biden called the return of mask mandate policy “another step on our journey to defeating this virus."
Ben Crump x Johnson & Johnson, theGrio.com
July 27, 2021
Johnson & Johnson is the target of a new lawsuit coming from the National Council of Negro Women filed by…
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson x U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
July 26, 2021
Ahead of the House hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection this week, many questions remain about who formed and…
U.S. President Joe Biden
July 22, 2021
President Biden's infrastructure plan includes funding for housing, the environment and transportation in Black neighborhoods.
July 21, 2021
After Haiti President Moïse's assassination, the White House determines how it should weigh in on the island nation's upcoming elections.
Dr. Fauci Testifies To Senate Health Committee On Country's COVID-19 Response
July 20, 2021
Dr. Fauci spoke to theGrio at the White House and stressed that “99.5% of the hospitalizations and deaths are among…
July 16, 2021
President Biden and Vice President Harris listened to Black women voting rights activists at the conference table of the Roosevelt…
Rep. Joyce Beatty arrested by Capitol police
July 15, 2021
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty and other protesters were arrested on Capitol Hill while protesting over voting rights.
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) delivers remarks with Vice President Kamala
July 15, 2021
As tax relief hits the pockets of American families, there's an acknowledgment that more needs to be done to support…
U.S. President Joe Biden, theGrio.com
July 13, 2021
Rev. Al Sharpton called Biden's voting rights speech "monumental," but NAACP President Derrick Johnson believes it missed the mark.
U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a meeting with Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser
July 12, 2021
Biden hosted mayors and police chiefs from across the country on Monday to discuss gun violence prevention ahead of Tuesday's…
July 8, 2021
Biden and Harris met with civil rights groups to address the wave of Republican bills making it more difficult to…
July 8, 2021
The assassination of the Haitian President Jovenel Moïse took the Carribbean nation and officials in Washington by surprise.