John King Biography

Fast Facts

• Member of CNN's Peabody Award-winning political team
• Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Rhode Island
• Earned bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island
• Joined the Associated Press in 1985, then became its chief political correspondent in 1991 and headed political coverage in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections before working at CNN in 1997, becoming the senior White House correspondent from 1999 to 2005
• Quote: "I had the traditional print view of TV journalists: Those are pretty people who get paid a lot of money and don’t do any work․ It turned out I was wrong․’’"
• Quote: "(On his shift to being on-air) "I was humiliatingly bad at it․ My knees were shaking, and I hoped the sweat didn’t go all the way up to my collar․ After a few weeks, I went from a full shake to a slight tremble․’’"
• Award-winning journalist-anchor best recognized from TV's "State of the Union with John King" and "John King, USA․"
• Moderated three presidential debates during the 2012 election cycle