CNN’s John
King talks about election, social media fame, and discovering journalism at URI
About a month after Election Day
turned into election week, John King ’85, Hon. ’10 is finally getting some
much-deserved time off.
CNN’s chief national correspondent
has spent the year following the pandemic and covering one of the most divisive
elections in U.S. history. So, he’s stockpiled vacation. It’s time he’s
spending with his 9-year-old son, Jonah, and working on overdue house projects
– “spackling, caulking, painting, plumbing, raking.”
“This was (and is) an extraordinary
election cycle, but I am pretty good at mostly disconnecting when the break
KINGSTONÂ â About a month after election day turned into election week, John King, a 1985 University of Rhode Island graduate, is finally getting some much-deserved time off.
CNNâs chief national correspondent has spent the year following the pandemic and covering one of the most divisive elections in U.S. history. So, heâs stockpiled vacation. Itâs time heâs spending with his 9-year-old son, Jonah, and working on overdue house projects â âspackling, caulking, painting, plumbing, raking.â
âThis was (and is) an extraordinary election cycle, but I am pretty good at mostly disconnecting when the break comes,â says King in an email interview. âSo, while thereâs no normal in 2020, I am better than I was years ago in getting away for a bit.â