April Ryan

April Ryan is a veteran White House correspondent, political analyst, author, and speaker who has covered the White House since 1997. She is the longest-serving Black White House correspondent in U.S. history, having reported across six presidential administrations. Ryan currently serves as a White House correspondent for The Contrarian, a political analyst for MS NOW, and host of The Tea with April Ryan. April Ryan

A Baltimore native and graduate of Morgan State University, Ryan has received numerous honors throughout her career, including being named the National Association of Black Journalists’ Journalist of the Year in 2017 and receiving the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Freedom of the Press Award in 2019. April Ryan

She is the author of several books, including The Presidency in Black and White, At Mama’s Knee, Under Fire, Black Women Will Save the World, and her forthcoming fifth book, Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral, releasing October 6, 2026.