Christopher King
Christopher King is a veteran journalist who has been on the front lines of some of the nation’s biggest stories, from the September 11th terror attack in New York to the October 1, 2017 massacre on the Las Vegas Strip.
Christopher has reported on major events across the United States throughout his career. He anchored Emmy Award-winning coverage of the Iowa Caucuses as well as the Las Vegas mass shooting. He has covered everything from newsmakers in the world of entertainment to the nation’s capital as well as state capitals in Georgia and New Jersey.
Christopher previously worked as an anchor for Iowa’s News Now and for 13 Action News in Las Vegas. He was on the scene to cover the church shootings in Charleston, S.C., the Atlanta Public School cheating scandal and when former President Jimmy Carter announced his battle with cancer as a reporter for CBS 46.
Before joining CBS 46, Christopher worked as a freelance reporter at CBS Newspath and CNN. Prior to CNN, Christopher was a reporter with WNBC-TV in New York.
Christopher also worked as a reporter with News 12 New Jersey, a producer with CBS Newspath and a correspondent with the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Christopher is originally from New York City, is a graduate of New York University's School of Journalism and earned 72 credits in NYU’s Ph.D. program in American Studies.
The latest from Christopher King
Georgia's only Palestinian, Jewish lawmakers sound off on Israel-Hamas war
Rep. Ruwa Romman is the only Palestinian-American in the Georgia General Assembly. Rep. Esther Panitch is the only Jewish-American. Both have family in the conflicting region. Both say the war between Israel and Hamas needs to end, but they have very differing opinions on how it should happen.
Lake Oconee mystery: FBI's quest for justice intensifies in Dermond murders
Shirley and Russell Dermond were killed 10 years ago.
Marijuana proposed reclassification: What this could mean for Georgia
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is poised to reclassify marijuana as a less hazardous substance, signaling a profound shift in the nation's drug policy that has stood for generations.
FBI offers $20K reward in decade-old Dermond murder mystery after new DNA evidence found
The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the decade-old gruesome murder of Russell and Shirley Dermond.
Police arrest pro-Palestine protesters on University of Georgia campus
University of Georgia police and Georgia State Patrol troopers have arrested multiple people during a pro-Palestine protest at the Athens college on Monday morning.
Decade-old Dermond murder mystery: New DNA evidence may lead to killer
Investigators in Putnam County have found new DNA evidence in the grisly killings of Shirley and Russell Dermond.
Justice group urges Morehouse to rescind Biden invite, others support speech
The Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine - Georgia have released a statement on social media in response to President Joe Biden being scheduled to deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College.
Metro Atlanta's Haitian community horrified by violence in Haiti
Metro Atlanta’s Haitian community is watching in horror as gang violence continues to consume the nation.
FutureVerse: Atlanta may host America's first museum of the future
The museum of the future could come to Atlanta. A local team of developers wants to build FutureVerse in downtown Atlanta. The $100 million proposal would showcase tomorrow’s innovations today. And it has the backing of Georgia’s major universities.
Arson suspected at construction site fires near Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Fire scorched a construction site in Fayetteville. The flames broke out next to Piedmont Fayette Hospital on the west side of Highway 54, early Tuesday morning. Police call it an act of arson.