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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November 10, 2023
Catch an all-new episode of “The Hill with April Ryan” every Thursday on theGrio.com and theGrio’s social media platforms.
November 8, 2023
Advocates are celebrating Tuesday’s vote in Ohio to make abortion a constitutional right, claiming it as a particular victory for…
November 6, 2023
If approved by voters, Issue 1 would make permanent in the Ohio Constitution a woman’s right to an abortion and…
November 5, 2023
The AI industry has the civil rights community calling for caution, particularly regarding AI technology and law enforcement.
November 4, 2023
Catch an all-new episode of “The Hill with April Ryan” every Thursday on theGrio.com and theGrio’s social media platforms.
November 4, 2023
As the Obama Foundation holds its second Democracy Forum, the moment also marks 15 years since Barack Obama's historic 2008…
November 3, 2023
“It puts us in danger of being falsely accused,” Damon Hewitt, head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, said…
November 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer tells theGrio he is particularly concerned about how AI is used by law enforcement.
October 12, 2023
Catch an all-new episode of “The Hill with April Ryan” every Thursday on theGrio.com and theGrio’s social media platforms.
Morgan State University, theGrio.com
October 9, 2023
Safety on HBCU campuses, which are woefully underfunded, has been a long-standing concern for administrators and elected officials. 
October 6, 2023
Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton called the legal attack on the Fearless Fund a civil rights and political issue.
October 6, 2023
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott tells theGrio that Morgan State University was a result of a c"onfrontation between groups."
banned books week, thegrio.com
October 6, 2023
In recent months, schools and libraries have censored books by Black authors in a movement led by Republican elected officials.
October 5, 2023
On the latest episode of “The Hill with April Ryan,” April D. Ryan breaks down the latest on Capitol Hill…
October 2, 2023
TheGrio asks White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the latest to avoid another threat of a government shutdown.
September 30, 2023
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee remembers the late California Senator Dianne Feinstein and her most memorable moments of the political…
September 29, 2023
In a letter sent to governors, Biden officials noted that land grant HBCUs are underfunded to the tune of $13…
September 29, 2023
TheGrio's April Ryan discusses latest in political news, including the potential government shutdown and how it would impact communities.
September 27, 2023
Capitol Hill police officer Harry Dunn, who defended the Capitol building on Jan. 6, opens up about being diagnosed with…
September 24, 2023
Actress and SAG-AFTRA national board member, Sheryl Lee Ralph, told theGrio that she met with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.