John King (journalist)

For other people named John King, see John King (disambiguation).

John King
John King at Fort Riley, KS on May 8, 2010
Born	John King August 30, 1963 (1963-08-30) Dorchester, Massachusetts
Education	University of Rhode Island
Occupation	Reporter and anchorman
Religion	Raised Roman Catholic Converted to Judaism
Spouse	Dana Bash (2008-)

John King (born August 30, 1963) is an American journalist and is the anchor of John King, USA which appears weeknights at 7pm/ET on CNN. He is also the former anchor of State of the Union with John King. With Lou Dobbs' sudden resignation from the network on November 12, 2009, CNN anounced that King would take over Dobbs' timeslot on March 22, 2010 with a new show.

Personal life

King was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He attended Boston Latin School, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island. On May 25, 2008, King married fellow CNN anchor Dana Bash. Before marrying Bash, King (previously an Irish Catholic) converted to Judaism, Bash's religion. He is not related to former fellow CNN personality Larry King.

Career

In 1985, King joined the Associated Press where he began as a writer. In 1991, King was named chief political correspondent and headed the AP's political coverage of the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections. Also in 1991, King won the top reporting prize from the Associated Press Managing Editors' Association for his coverage of the Gulf War in Kuwait.

In 1997, King joined CNN where he served as the senior White House correspondent from 1999 to 2005. In 2005, King was named CNN's chief national correspondent, a position he still holds. He frequently appears on the nightly news programs The Situation Room and Anderson Cooper 360 and sometimes fills in as anchor.

King also uses the Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall, nicknamed the "Magic Wall" or "Magic Map." First used during the primaries of the 2008 presidential campaign, it allows him to display and manipulate various graphics and maps relating to poll and election results. He and the Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall have both been featured in a Daily Show segment.

Just prior to the 2009 US presidential inauguration, King began hosting his new talk show State of the Union, which replaced CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. It was announced on November 12, 2009 that King will host a show in the timeslot formerly occupied by Lou Dobbs in early 2010. On January 31, 2010, King announced that CNN's senior political reporter, Candy Crowley, would replace him as anchor of State of the Union. King began hosting a new show on CNN starting March 22 called John King, USA.

In a debate on January 20, 2012, John King made headlines after opening the debate with a question related to allegations from Newt Gingrich's ex-wife in an ABC interview that Gingrich wanted an open marriage. Newt Gingrich answered stating his anger that CNN would open a debate with such a question. Some of his competitors have spoke out in support of King for asking the question, including Chris Wallace and Neil Cavuto.

External links

• John King at CNN's website
• John King on Twitter

Media offices
Preceded by Wolf Blitzer	CNN Senior White House Correspondent 1999–2005	Succeeded by Ed Henry