Akayla Gardner is a White House correspondent for Bloomberg News based in Washington D.C.

She follows the president and vice president around the country and the globe with a focus on telling stories about politics, policy, and the economy.

Gardner traveled aboard Air Force One to cover President Biden's trip to India for the G-20 summit, to Vietnam as the nation formally upgraded its relationship with the United States, and to the United Kingdom for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

She also joined Vice President Harris in Switzerland for the Ukraine peace summit and in the UAE for COP28. Additionally, she traveled with her on a ten-day tour across Africa, where she reported on the geopolitical tensions with China and Russia, along with the trip's significance to Black Americans.

She has interviewed and written profiles of Cabinet members in the Biden administration, including Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Council of Economic Advisors Chair Cecilia Rouse and Office and Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young.  

Gardner also covered the historic 2024 presidential election for the wire service, traveling to every battleground state and reporting live from Harris' campaign headquarters for Bloomberg TV. During the 2022 midterms, she covered the record number of Black and Latino Republicans running for Congress, and wrote about how young voters played a pivotal role in Democrats gaining a Senate majority.

Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Businessweek, TIME, Fortune and Yahoo. On television and radio networks, she has shared her reporting on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, NBC News Now and BBC. She was also a National Press Foundation Paul Miller fellow.

Before joining Bloomberg, Gardner interned with CNN in Washington D.C. and NBC News' TODAY Show in New York.

She graduated from The Ohio State University. An investigative documentary she produced on allegations of a toxic mental health culture and unlicensed therapy under the former head coach of Ohio State's rowing team won an award from the regional National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences chapter. She was also president of NABJ at OSU.

Gardner is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants and a Maryland native.