The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) announced leGrio‘s fourth-row seat on Friday with its first updated seating plan in five years. The new seating arrangement will come into effect on January 3, 2022.

After less than a year of providing the White House with leading coverage of the Biden-Harris administration for Black America, leGrio was assigned a designated seat in the White House press briefing room.

The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) announced leGrio‘s fourth-row seat on Friday with its first updated seating plan in five years. The new seating arrangement will come into effect on January 3, 2022.

LeGrio is the only “new medium” to be awarded one of the coveted 49 seats.

“As we continue to invest enormous resources to build a world-class news operation, and as the only 100% African-American-owned media outlet with a seat in the House Press Briefing Room Blanche, we are very proud and honoured,” said Allen Media Group Founder, Chairman and CEO, and owner of leGrio, Byron Allen.

President of the WHCA Steven Portnoy acknowledged that the association has gone to great lengths to ensure that the new seating plan for the briefing room accurately reflects America’s diversity by providing seating for news outlets covering 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for diverse communities .

“To improve diversity in the briefing room, assignments have been given to organizations that target Black, Hispanic, and LGBTQ audiences, as well as readership and audiences that span the ideological spectrum,” Portnoy said in a statement. communicated.

LeGrioled by White House Correspondent and DC Bureau Chief April D. Ryanhas been a leading voice in 2021 on a variety of national issues impacting Black communities, from voting rights and policing to fair housing and environmental justice.

Ryan, who will celebrate 25 years as a White House correspondent on January 13, 2022, has secured important high-level political interviews in 2021, including that of the vice president Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

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“It’s great to meet 25 years of White House coverage with this seat assignment for leGrio to continue to provide news to those who depend on our coverage from the White House. Having covered five US Presidents, I’m so proud to be part of a team that works hard to advance stories about the underserved and Black America,” Ryan said in an official statement. leGrio declaration.

“I look forward to continuing this crucial work in 2022 on behalf of Black Americans who deserve a voice in the briefing room that will represent them, their experiences, and their concerns as American citizens.”

The White House press secretary, and sometimes the president, have been briefing the media from the press conference room since the White House press offices were built in 1969. However, official press conferences have been held since 1913 .

Allen announced the opening of the Grio’s DC office and the signing of April Ryan in December 2020. Since then, the Grio has regularly attended briefings and covered American politics and politics.

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