April Ryan

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 16, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, John Podesta, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Maria Shriver • CBS' Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. John Cornyn (R- • ABC's This Week: White House Senior Advisor... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 16, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Senior White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett, John Podesta, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Maria Shriver • CBS' Face the Nation: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Sen. John Cornyn (R- • ABC's This Week: White House Senior Advisor... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 9, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), NBC military analyst and former US Southern Command Commander-in-chief Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. Gen. Richard Myers and a roundtable with Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein, WSJ's Paul... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted October 9, 2009
• NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), NBC military analyst and former US Southern Command Commander-in-chief Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ret. Gen. Richard Myers and a roundtable with Atlantic Media political director Ron Brownstein, WSJ's Paul... [FishBowlDC]

Gibbs' 50 Bucks Richer Today - Posted August 20, 2009
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is doing his daily press briefing now, but earlier he was stealing money from poor, innocent DC journos... Kinda. American Urban Radio's April Ryan made a $50 bet with Gibbs in the press corps' morning gaggle and was forced to pay up when the White House proved... [FishBowlDC]

Gibbs' 50 Bucks Richer Today - Posted August 20, 2009
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is doing his daily press briefing now, but earlier he was stealing money from poor, innocent DC journos... Kinda. American Urban Radio's April Ryan made a $50 bet with Gibbs in the press corps' morning gaggle and was forced to pay up when the White House proved... [FishBowlDC]

Taking Out The Trash: Birthday Edition - Posted August 4, 2009
• Patrick Gavin somehow got the Examiner's Julie Mason, Bill Press, American Urban Radio's April Ryan and others to sing the President Happy Birthday. Though we're sure the Politico reporter didn't have to twist CBS' Bob Schieffer's arm- after all, he is a professional.... [FishBowlDC]

Who Will Get Called On Tonight? A Look Back At Obama's Pressers - Posted July 22, 2009
Tonight is President Obama's fourth prime-time press conference, fifth overall. Each presser has lasted about an hour and averages 13 reporters' questions. Fox did not air Obama's 100th day press conference, the third, on the network and will not tonight either. In his first prime-time press conference Feb. 9th, the President called... [FishBowlDC]

WHCA Election Results: Examiner's Mason, Newsweek's Bailey, NPR's Gonyea and Reuter's Bohan Win Seats - Posted July 17, 2009
And the winner is... The White House Correspondents Association election board results are in. Congratulations to 2011-2012 President Caren Bohan of Reuters. The at-large seat goes to the Examiner's Julie Mason, the radio seat to NPR's Don Gonyea, the magazine seat to Newsweek's Holly Bailey and the wire seat is filled by... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Briefing - Posted July 15, 2009
Little News About the Big News: The two headline-hoggers of the week -- Sotomayor and healthcare -- made little progress in the briefing room today, though Press Secretary Robert Gibbs offered fresh (if altogether un-newsy) comments on each: To settle a long-standing question from the AP on how POTUS knew Sotomayor... [FishBowlDC]

Curl Calls It: WH Press Corps Gets Played - Posted June 24, 2009
In an article today, TWT's Joe Curl calls "foul" after the WH press corps got played during yesterday's news conference. On the presidential presser, Curl says: Many in the hard-pressed press corps played along throughout the hourlong show, turning the ball over again and again - "accidentally," of course. Curl says that... [FishBowlDC]

President Obama's Press Conference: HuffPost Called On Second With Iran Question - Posted June 23, 2009
In today's press conference in the briefing room, President Obama spoke for about 10 minutes, covering the topics of Iran, clean energy and healthcare at the top. He then took questions, ending the press conference at about 1:25pm, about 55 mins. AP's Jennifer Loven got the first question, which is... [FishBowlDC]

President Obama's Press Conference: HuffPost Called On Second With Iran Question - Posted June 23, 2009
In today's press conference in the briefing room, President Obama spoke for about 10 minutes, covering the topics of Iran, clean energy and healthcare at the top. He then took questions, ending the press conference at about 1:25pm, about 55 mins. AP's Jennifer Loven got the first question, which is... [FishBowlDC]

What, Or Should We Say Who, Is "Hot" By DC Standards? - Posted June 15, 2009
Thank goodness Politico got to the bottom of this one. What we learned in this video- April Ryan has a thing for men with power, Congress Daily's George Condon is completely comfortable checking out other men (TWT's Jon Ward, not so much) and CBS' Mark Knoller isn't a fan of NBC's... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Yesterday's Press Briefing - Posted May 27, 2009
YouTube, ITube, WeAllTube: On the heels of Obama's Supreme Court nominee announcement this morning, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded questions on a controversial YouTube video in which Sonia Sotomayor says the "Court of Appeals is where policy is made." A visibly irritated RG charged that the comment was out of context,... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Yesterday's Press Briefing - Posted May 27, 2009
YouTube, ITube, WeAllTube: On the heels of Obama's Supreme Court nominee announcement this morning, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded questions on a controversial YouTube video in which Sonia Sotomayor says the "Court of Appeals is where policy is made." A visibly irritated RG charged that the comment was out of context,... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted April 9, 2009
Back in the press briefing room... Arrghh: This week's Somali pirate attack has again put high-seas safety on the front page and in the forefront of State and White House briefings. While questions of "pirate negotiations" elicited snickers over at Foggy Bottom this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was dead-serious... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted April 9, 2009
Back in the press briefing room... Arrghh: This week's Somali pirate attack has again put high-seas safety on the front page and in the forefront of State and White House briefings. While questions of "pirate negotiations" elicited snickers over at Foggy Bottom this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was dead-serious... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 25, 2009
Welcome Back, Bill: Sitting and standing room were packed today (disgruntled reporters who didn't get a question at last night's presser?), and a few front-row seats were filled by substitutes for the regularly scheduled correspondents (who might still be recovering). CBS veteran Bill Plante was among those making a return to... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 23, 2009
If your name's not Rush or Rick...: There's no love lost between the Obama team and NYT's Paul Krugman, who has used his clout as a Nobel laureate to voice consistent criticism of the administration's economic policies. But rather than engage in another one-on-one with a critic, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs... [FishBowlDC]

FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing - Posted March 23, 2009
If your name's not Rush or Rick...: There's no love lost between the Obama team and NYT's Paul Krugman, who has used his clout as a Nobel laureate to voice consistent criticism of the administration's economic policies. But rather than engage in another one-on-one with a critic, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs... [FishBowlDC]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted January 16, 2009
Meet The Press: Rahm Emanuel, Incoming White House Chief of Staff, Tom Brokaw, NBC News, David Brooks, New York Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Presidential Historian, Tavis Smiley, Host, PBS's Tavis Smiley, Chuck Todd, Political Director, NBC News. Face the Nation: Incoming National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers, Georgetown University Michael Eric Dyson... [FishBowlDC]

About Tonight... - Posted November 4, 2008
(Photo Credit) Where will you be watching tonight's election results? We've asked all sorts of journos for their evening plans and they include an Atlanta hotel room, the Phoenix Biltmore, and Champs Sports Bar in Cincinnati. Join us after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.31.08 - Posted July 31, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Above, FishbowlDC's "Word Cloud," courtesy of World.net. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the... [FishBowlDC]

April Ryan Goes "In The Belt" - Posted July 25, 2008
American Urban Radio's April Ryan has gotten hip to this whole blogging thing. Check out AprilDRyan.com (aka "In The Belt" ... How 'bout them apples, McCaslin?!?)... [FishBowlDC]

Photos: The Pope and the Press - Posted April 16, 2008
It has to be said: No one -- and I mean, no one -- chews gum with as wide of a mouth as CBS's Jim Axelrod. Other things we noticed while at the White House today: Were you one of the reporters who refused to wait in line to gain access... [FishBowlDC]

Mike Allen Gives April Ryan A Baby Rattler - Posted July 9, 2007
Yesterday on FOX, the Politico's Mike Allen gave American Urban Radio's April Ryan a Tiffany baby rattle (Ryan is expecting) and anchor Molly Henneberg gave her "props" for Ryan's correct prediction a few weeks early that the President would commute Libby (go to roughly 1:10 in the clip). The rattler: Allen also sticks... [FishBowlDC]

Amy Morris: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted July 2, 2007
Say hello to Amy Morris, executive editor of Federal News Radio (AM 1050). What word do you routinely misspell? Aggrivate. Aggrevate. Aggr..ah, screw it. What's the name of your cell phone ring? Default. What time did you get up this morning? 5 a.m. every weekday. Weekend wake-up times vary wildly. When did... [FishBowlDC]

April Ryan: The FishbowlDC Interview - Posted June 26, 2007
Say hello to American Urban Radio's April Ryan. What word do you routinely misspell? Loads! That is why I am in radio. What's the name of your cell phone ring? I am a nerd, I have the standard ring. What time did you get up this morning? Around 5 am. When... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 04.11.07 - Posted April 11, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think journalists like Tim Russert, Jeff Greenfield, etc. should not continue to appear on Don Imus' radio program. An ABC release announced that "World News with Charles Gibson" "was the #1 evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households and Adults 25-54 for the week of April 2. Averaging 8.08 million... [FishBowlDC]

To Do: Tonight - Posted February 20, 2007
(Although good luck getting tickets, we hear) Tonight at the National Press Club, Tony Snow turns the tables and questions members of the White House Press Corps. David Gregory of NBC; Sheryl Stolberg of NYTimes; Terry Hunt of Associated Press; Mark Knoller of CBS Radio; Richard Wolffe of Newsweek and April Ryan... [FishBowlDC]