Michael King (Project 21)
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commentator, columnist and Emmy Award
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-winning television producer. He attended both Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
and Howard University
Howard University
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.
King was a 1980 graduate of Gary's Roosevelt High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School (Gary)
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. He is the son of 1955 Roosevelt graduate Howard and Gloria King. King's career includes radio news and talk work in Northwest Indiana
Northwest Indiana
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, Washington, DC and Atlanta. While at Purdue, King reported for the Purdue Exponent
Purdue Exponent
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. He was also part of the team that developed CNNSI.com in 1997.
As a member of Project 21's
Project 21
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National Advisory Board, King has provided commentary for radio
Radio
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, television
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and newspapers across the United States
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. He has written political commentary columns that have been syndicated by Project 21 to more than 400 newspapers in the U.S. On behalf of Project 21, King has provided testimony and commentary to Congressional subcommittees and to other public interest and public policy groups across the nation.
King has been interviewed on a number of national and local radio programs, including NPR's
NPR
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'Morning Edition
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', 'The Tavis Smiley Show
The Tavis Smiley Show
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', 'The Ken Hamblin Show
Ken Hamblin
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', 'The Michael Reagan Show
Michael Reagan
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', 'Janet Parshall's America
Janet Parshall
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' and others.
King has been a semi-regular contributor to cable television
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talk show
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s including MSNBC's
MSNBC
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'Scarborough Country
Scarborough Country
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', and Fox News Channel's
Fox News Channel
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'Hannity & Colmes
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' and 'The O'Reilly Factor
The O'Reilly Factor
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'.
King withdrew from active commentary late in 2005 in order to become a producer and reporter with WXIA-TV
WXIA-TV
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Atlanta. King has been nominated for five Southeast Regional Emmy Award
Emmy Award
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s since 2005, and has won four Emmys. He has also received regional Associated Press awards in 2006 through 2010, and an Edward R. Murrow Award for his Web site work in 2006.