# April Ryan

> April Ryan is the longest-serving Black White House correspondent in United States history. She is White House correspondent for The Contrarian, a political analyst for MS NOW (the network formerly named MSNBC), host of "The Tea with April" on Substack and "The April Ryan Show" on YouTube, and the author of five books on race, politics, and the American presidency. This site covers her reporting, books, media appearances, and speaking engagements.

## Key facts

- Full name: April Danielle Ryan
- Current roles: White House correspondent, The Contrarian; political analyst, MS NOW; author; speaker
- Longest-serving Black White House correspondent in U.S. history, reporting from the White House since the Clinton administration
- Host of "The Tea with April" (Substack) and "The April Ryan Show" (YouTube)
- Education: Morgan State University. Born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Awards: NABJ Journalist of the Year (2017); Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Freedom of the Press Award (2019); National Council of Negro Women, Mary McLeod Bethune Trailblazer Award (2016)

## Books

- Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral (Amistad, October 6, 2026)
- Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem (Amistad)
- Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018)
- At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)
- The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)

## Site pages

- [Home](https://www.aprildryan.com/)
- [About April Ryan](https://www.aprildryan.com/about)
- [Media and appearances](https://www.aprildryan.com/media)
- [Book April Ryan to speak at your event](https://www.aprildryan.com/book-april)

## Elsewhere

- [The Tea with April on Substack](https://aprildryan.substack.com/)
- [The April Ryan Show on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@theaprildryanshow)
- [The Contrarian](https://contrariannews.org/)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Ryan)

## AI Agent Access

This site is powered by Wix and supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
for agentic AI access. AI agents can connect directly to retrieve live,
up-to-date site content - no scraping required.

- [**Site MCP Endpoint**](https://www.aprildryan.com/_api/mcp)
- [**Wix MCP Docs**](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites/articles/get-started/about-the-wix-site-mcp)

## Available MCP Tools

### GetBusinessDetails
Retrieves business and site details such as timezone, email, phone, and address.
- No parameters required.

### SearchInSite
Searches the site for information.
- **searchTerm** - The term to search for in the site.

### SearchSiteApiDocs
Retrieves the API documentation for the Wix business solutions installed on
this site, and informs the AI client how to use the APIs. Use this tool for
querying products and services (instead of SearchInSite).
- **searchTerm** - The term to search for in the site API documentation.

### GenerateVisitorToken
Creates a new visitor session and obtains a visitor access token for the site.
Must be called before making any CallWixSiteAPI request if no visitor token
is already available in context.
- No parameters required.

### CallWixSiteAPI
Calls API methods on the site to perform actions on a visitor's behalf,
such as querying site data, booking an appointment, or starting a purchase.
- **visitorToken** - Visitor access token. Use GenerateVisitorToken first if not available.
- **url** - Absolute URL of the API method to call (e.g. https://www.wixapis.com/...). Retrieve using SearchSiteApiDocs.
- **method** -  HTTP method to use for the API call.
- **body** -  Request body as a valid JSON string.

### ReadFullDocsArticle
Fetches a complete article from the Wix developer documentation portal.
- **articleUrl** -  URL of an article in the Wix developer documentation portal.

### ReadFullDocsMethodSchema
Fetches the full schema for a Wix API method. Should be called before
calling the actual method via CallWixSiteAPI.
- **articleUrl** - URL of the reference article for the Wix API method.

## What Visitors Can Do via AI + MCP

- Get business details (contact info, location, hours)
- Discover products and services on offer
- Book services and make reservations
- Start a purchase and be directed to the site to complete checkout
- Ask questions and get relevant answers without having to browse the site

## Notes

- No authentication required to connect to the MCP endpoint
- Only public information accessible on the site is available
- Content is always live and up to date
- To receive tool updates, implement a tools/list call upon receipt of a tool update notification