April Ryan

April Danielle Ryan (born September 5, 1967) is an American reporter, author, and White House Correspondent for The Grio. She has served as a White House correspondent and Washington, D.C., bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks from January 1997 to November 2020. In 2017, she joined CNN as a political analyst. Ryan is a graduate of Morgan State University with a B.S. in broadcast journalism and has received honorary doctorates from Morgan State University, Claflin University, and Goucher College. Prior to her work in the White House press corps, she worked for various radio stations in the northeast and southeastern United States. Ryan is widely recognized for her contributions to journalism and was named the "Journalist of the Year" by the National Association of Black Journalists in 2017.