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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. He covers the White House, Capitol Hill, and national politics. As part of the White House press corps and presidential press pool, Gaynor provides the first on-the-ground reporting in the nation's capital on behalf of Black and LGBTQ communities. Gaynor has covered two presidential administrations, starting with the Biden-Harris administration in 2021. A major highlight of his career was interviewing Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 election.

Gaynor’s work in Washington helped lead to theGrio becoming the first Black-owned digital news outlet to get a seat in the White House press briefing room. Gaynor has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Cheddar TV, Revolt News, and Fox Soul. Forbes recognized Gaynor as one of “10 Black LGBTQ+ Figures And Activists to Know.” He was also recognized as a Power 50 honoree by the Black Professionals in International Affairs (BPIA). He's also a two-time honoree of the "Native Son 101" annual list and received the "James Baldwin Storyteller Award" from the LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit TruEvolution. 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. 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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April 21, 2020
The current coronavirus outbreak has no end in sight, yet the director of the CDC is already sounding the alarm…
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April 14, 2020
Former President Barack Obama has endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden, on Tuesday, giving his full support toward Biden's…
April 13, 2020
After a year-long wait HBO’s Insecure, season 4 is back. On Sunday night, star and creator Issa Rae kicked off
April 10, 2020
Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds announced on Friday that he and his family tested positive for COVID-19, but are now negative and…
April 10, 2020
Journalist Darran Simon was reportedly found dead inside his apartment on Thursday, according to a newsroom memo sent out to…
April 6, 2020
The hashtag #Karen became a Twitter trending topic on Sunday, opening up an online debate about racism and white privilege.
April 1, 2020
An Amazon worker has gone viral for speaking out against the e-commerce giant after employees protested over work conditions amid…
April 1, 2020
theGrio's Managing Editor Gerren Keith Gaynor breaks down Hillary Clinton's sideline-shade aimed at President Donald Trump.
March 31, 2020
Sanders' National Press Secretary Briahna Joy Gray becomes a trending topic after challenging Harris over Medicare for All.
Maxine Waters, thegrio.com
March 30, 2020
Waters set Twitter ablaze with a series of fiery tweets aimed at Trump for what she called his "disaster" of…
Byron Allen
March 23, 2020
[griojw id=”NE52FIsf” playerid=””] The U.S. Supreme Court tossed out Byron Allen‘s $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against Comcast on Monday,
March 20, 2020
New York joined California on Friday in ordering nearly all residents to stay home, as governors watched with growing alarm.
March 19, 2020
The "Pose" star stunned the Internet on Thursday when she revealed that her apparent boyfriend was actually engaged to another…
March 17, 2020
The White House announced on Tuesday that it is looking into giving Americans checks to ease the economic impact of…
March 16, 2020
Biden said he will choose a woman as his vice president and vowed to make history by appointing the first…
March 15, 2020
The former candidate for governor of Florida announced on Sunday that he is entering a rehab following a recent incident…
March 14, 2020
Ben Carson is being ridiculed online over a viral video of him coughing on his hand just before he addressed…
Trump Obama thegrio.com
March 13, 2020
Trump turned his ire toward Obama and the CDC, blaming the 44th president and federal agency for "inadequate" testing for…
March 13, 2020
Pamela Woods confronted Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday, a week after the state's chief executive allowed his execution despite desperate…
March 12, 2020
Gobert issued a public apology after testing positive for coronavirus and subsequently causing the NBA league to suspend the rest…