About

Colleen King is a clinical assistant professor in journalism and the inaugural director of the Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media. She comes to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign following 17 years in television news that culminated in her tenure as executive producer of MSNBCís The 11th Hour with Brian Williams. Under Kingís leadership, The 11th Hour became the number one cable news program at 11 p.m., labeled ìa successî by The Washington Post and ìa must-watch program for political junkies and the Beltway crowdî by The Los Angeles Times. King also produced MSNBC election programming and breaking news coverage anchored by Williams. She covered live events including the Parkland school shooting, the Trump-Putin summit, testimony by former FBI Directors James Comey and Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill, Supreme Court confirmation hearings, hurricanes, and other breaking news. King has covered four presidential and five congressional midterm elections. She