About Gerren Keith Gaynor

Gerren Keith Gaynor is a White House Correspondent and the Managing Editor of Politics at theGrio. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Gaynor leads theGrio's political team alongside White House Correspondent and D.C. Bureau Chief April D. Ryan, covering the White House, Capitol Hill, and national politics. Notably, his work in Washington helped lead to theGrio becoming the first Black-owned digital news outlet to get a designated seat in the White House press briefing room. Gaynor has appeared on Cheddar TV, Revolt Black News, and Fox Soul’s “The Tammi Mac Show.” During Pride Month 2021, Forbes recognized Gaynor as one of “10 Black LGBTQ+ Figures And Activists to Know.”

As a Black, queer journalist, Gaynor understands the power of diversity and visibility, which is why he counts it as a privilege to represent Black and LGBTQ+ communities in political spaces where diversity has not historically been embraced. Living up to theGrio’s African meaning of “storyteller,” he is passionate about telling stories that inform and humanize Black and queer experiences.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Gaynor is a proud HBCU graduate of Morehouse College and a graduate of Columbia University School of Journalism.

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October 27, 2023
Political experts warn the Phillips campaign will be a distraction they fear could hand Donald Trump the White House for another four years.
October 25, 2023
A survey conducted by Goldman Sachs’s One Million Black Women reveals Black women suffer most in the U.S. economy.
October 20, 2023
According to an FBI annual crime report, hate crimes targeting Black, LGBTQ+, and Jewish Americans are rising. 
October 19, 2023
Political and Hollywood stars assembled for the wedding of theGrio’s White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief, April D. Ryan.
October 18, 2023
Harris had a “testy” exchange with a student who criticized the administration’s border policies and response to the conflict in Gaza.
October 18, 2023
Kenyan pledged to send 1,000 officers to the destabilizing Caribbean nation; however, Haitians are concerned history will repeat itself.
Abortion protest, theGrio.com
October 16, 2023
Reproductive Freedom for All wanted to center Black women and other women of color with its latest name change.
October 14, 2023
Black workers and white workers are coming together to strike in solidarity across political and ideological lines. 
October 11, 2023
“Whether you’re with the Palestinians or Israelis, as a Black American…there’s a big split,” says national security expert Asha Castleberry. 
October 11, 2023
The Freedman’s Bank Forum will highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to address economic disparities for Black communities.
October 9, 2023
For Gregory Jackson Jr., the deputy director of the new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the gun violence crisis is personal.
October 6, 2023
The Biden-Harris 2024 campaign is getting an early start with its outreach to Black voters ahead of next year’s presidential election.
October 5, 2023
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado shared with theGrio the progress he and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is making in combating hate.
October 5, 2023
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden-Harris officials were in contact with state and local leaders.
October 4, 2023
While student loan advocates applaud Biden’s actions, the NAACP calls for him to go a further to bring equitable relief to Black borrowers.
October 4, 2023
A conservative legal movement illustrated by the Fearless Fund lawsuit threatens Biden-Harris initiatives to expand equity and diversity.
October 2, 2023
Trump in court for the civil case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who accused the real estate mogul of committing fraud.
September 30, 2023
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, admits she can get pretty “worked up and pissed off” over her Republican colleagues.
September 29, 2023
TheGrio asks Education Secretary Miguel Cardona if the Biden-Harris administration is considering pausing student loan repayments yet again.
September 29, 2023
The White House issued strategies for higher education institutions to advance diversity on campuses after the Supreme Court’s ruling.