KING 5 Media Group
Alex Didion is a skilled digital content producer with extensive experience in journalism and media production. Currently at KING 5 Media Group, Alex has achieved the highest pageviews and unique visitor numbers among content producers in 2023 while emphasizing an audience-first approach to editorial content. Previous roles include freelance sports betting content writing for GambleOnlineMichigan.com, digital content production for NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and various positions within the sports media landscape, including work with the Golden State Warriors and Purdue University Northwest. Alex holds a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
KING 5 Media Group
KING 5 is a broadcast media company that covers a wide programming range for local audiences.It all began when then Channel 5 aired a historic high school football game, becoming the first television station in the Pacific Northwest. Eight months later, Dorothy Bullitt, a local business woman, bought the station and began its tradition oflocal programming. KING was the first station in the Northwest to telecast color, and to air the first live, two-continent, three-nation debate via Early Bird Satellite. KING 5 also aired an ambitious analysis and discussion of the Northwest’s energy resources and management called The Electrical Storm. This earned the station an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Award, one of broadcastings highest honors. In recent years, KING 5 again won the DuPont-Columbia Award for excellence in Broadcast Journalism for the “Waste on the Water” an investigation into Washington State Ferry system in 2011. In 2014, the George Foster Peabody Award was awarded to KING 5 for its investigation of “Hanford’s Dirty Secrets.” In addition to local news, programs such as New Day Northwest hosted by Margaret Larson and Evening Magazine help KING 5 share local information about people, places, and events that make the Northwest special. It currently has a combined 30 million monthly page views for their online and digital platforms.KING 5’s community partners are non-profit organizations doing incredible work in medical research, social services, education, disease prevention, civic engagement, and more. With a combined 30 million monthly page views of their online and digital platforms, KING 5 has a clear vision for leading the broadcast local news industry into the future.KING 5 was founded in 1948 and based in Seattle, Washington, United States.