Anna King is a Northwest Public Broadcast journalist and Richland bureau chief for the Northwest News Network.
King’s voice makes a lasting impression, not just for its quality and timbre, but for the impact she makes on under-told stories. Anna brings heightened awareness, both regionally and nationally, to the underlying fabric and history of the Pacific Northwest. Anna has lent her voice to Native American tribes, rural agricultural communities, and women connected to the Hanford nuclear reservation, to name a few. As one pub-radio fan stated, “Anna tells stories that are not usually told, or more importantly are often not heard.”
Anna’s commitment does not end when the broadcast is over. She continues to engage with the communities she serves. Another of Anna’s fans describes her eloquently as, “a notable example of a genius community weaver.”
In 2016, Anna was named Washington State University’s “Woman of the Year.” WSU is also her alma mater and she is an alumna of the Honors College.
Anna also recently pulled down two national Gracie awards: The first names her Outstanding Correspondent in public radio; the second recognizes her coverage of 2014’s dramatic wildfires in central Washington. She’s in good company there, other Gracie winners that year included Kathie Lee Gifford and Tina Fey.
In 2017, she was honored with a First Place PRINDI Award for an Arts Feature about baked-in discrimination at the popular annual Pendleton Roundup. She was also honored with the “Excellence in Religion Coverage” award by the Association of LGTBQ Journalists for her continuing coverage of the Arlene’s Flowers court case.