Dana King

Dana King (born March 7, 1960)[1] is an American broadcast journalist and sculptor. She served as an anchor for San Francisco CBS Affiliate KPIX. In 2012, King left KPIX to pursue her passion in sculpting and art.[2][3] Her outdoor sculpture commemorating the Montgomery bus boycott is displayed at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.

For the American football and baseball coach, see Dana M. King.
Dana King
Born
Dana King

(1960-03-07) March 7, 1960
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
EducationFerris State University
Academy of Art University
OccupationJournalist, TV Anchor
Sculptor
Notable credit(s)
Good Morning America
CBS Morning News
National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Journalism career

King won one of five local Emmy Awardslocal Emmy Award for her reporting in Honduras in 1998 and 2000, reporting on the consequences of Hurricane Mitch.[1] King also won an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award in March 2005 for her reporting on the tenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.She won another Murrow Award in 2009 for a series called " Assignment Africa."[1] She is also known for her coverage of the conflict in Afghanistan, and the September 11 Attacks.[4]

In 1993, King co-anchored the debut of ABC's Good Morning America Sunday,[5] before moving to CBS's CBS Morning News (1994–95)[6] and other CBS News programs.

Art career

King announced her departure as a news anchor for CBS San Francisco on December 7, 2012.[7] Although this departure allowed King more free time to pursue her art career, she initially began her career while simultaneously working as a news anchor for KPIX-TV (CBS 5).[8] In the time following her departure, King planned to pursue her passion for art and sculpting.[7] King regarded sculpting to be her "third career," explaining art and sculpture to be her passion and true calling.[8] King's art includes the mediums of sculpture, charcoal drawing, and oil painting.[9] Furthermore, King explains her departure from journalism, saying, "I'm still a journalist, but now my medium is clay.[8]"

Throughout her art career, King is known for her sculptures and community projects that revolve around the goal of portraying a political message.[8] One of King's best known sculptures is her outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the women who led and sustained the Montgomery bus boycott.[8] This sculpture is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice that opened in 2018 in Montgomery, Alabama.[10] This sculpture depicts a teacher, grandma, and pregnant woman who are standing in a triangular formation.[8] Furthermore, King utilized her knowledge gained through journalism to portray these women as if they were from 1950s Alabama.[8] This sculpture of women, according to King, was meant to portray how the women involved were "quiet activists" who were silently making a difference although faced with discrimination.[8] She was recognized as one of "10 Emerging Black Female Artists To Collect" by Black Art in America. King is also an entrepreneur and the owner of a thriving artists’ enclave located in Oakland, California.

On October 13, 2018 in Oakland, California, members of the Oakland community began the painting of a mural near a local homeless encampment with the theme "Oakland for all of us."[11] This mural project was made possible by King who donated the space from the building she owns at East 12th Street and 13th Avenue.[11] King donated the wall with the hope to bring the community together as well as bring awareness to political change.[12] King explained, "Oakland is in the midst of an economic renaissance, but so many are being left behind.[12]"

Notes
  1. "Dana King". Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. "KPIX Anchor Dana King Will Leave Her Post to Pursue Art Career", Oakland Tribune, December 5, 2012.  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  3. "Dana King Announces Departure From CBS 5", KPIX-TV, December 5, 2012.
  4. Dana King Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, Mimi Towle, Marin Magazine, May 2007
  5. on January 3rd. "KTVI’s King to co-host 'GMA Sunday'", Variety, October 2, 1992.
  6. "'GMA Sunday' Anchor To Join CBS Magazine", Chicago Sun-Times, November 18, 1993  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  7. "Dana King - Oakland - LocalWiki". localwiki.org. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  8. "KPIX Anchor-Turned-Sculptor Contributes Piece to Lynching Memorial". KQED. 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  9. ""Art of Dana King" exhibit at Dominican through August 26 — Dominican University of California". www.dominican.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  10. Wright, Barnett (April 19, 2018). "What's inside Montgomery's national peace and slave memorial museum opening April 26". Birmingham Times. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  11. "Community Members Paint Mural Near Oakland Homeless Camp". 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  12. Robinson, Ken (2018-10-08), "Introduction to Pearl King and her work", Time Present and Time Past, Routledge, pp. 1–12, doi:10.4324/9780429484056-1, ISBN 9780429484056
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