CNN Signs April Ryan as a political analyst

CNN has signed American Urban Radio Networks White House correspondent April Ryan as a political analyst. 

The 49-year-old journalist and author made the announcement via Twitter on Monday. Ryan has prominently been in the news the last few weeks after clashing with White House press secretary Sean Spicer and appearing multiple times on CNN. 

The Morgan State graduate was also profiled by The New York Times on Friday.


‘Stop Shaking Your Head’: Sean Spicer Lashes Out at Reporter April Ryan
by DANIELLA SILVA

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer snapped at a female reporter on Tuesday over a question about the administration's image, telling the veteran White House correspondent to "stop shaking your head" — a snide comment that drew rebuke from Hillary Clinton and several prominent women journalists.

 Spicer got into a heated exchange with American Urban Radio Networks' correspondent April Ryan at the White House press briefing after the reporter asked how President Donald Trump's administration would work to repair its image. Ryan followed up with a question about Trump's meeting with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whom Trump made a vulgar comment about in 2006.