KING 5 Media Group
Maddie White is a seasoned news reporter currently with KING 5 Media Group since November 2022. Previously, Maddie served as an Anchor and Multimedia Journalist at FOX5 Vegas from November 2020 to November 2022, and at The E.W. Scripps Company from June 2018 to November 2020, where responsibilities included reporting, anchoring, and producing. Maddie's early career includes roles as a Social Media Manager and Executive Assistant for Comexposium, a Freelance Contributor for LA Weekly, and a Multimedia Journalist at Annenberg TV News during studies for a Master of Science in Digital Journalism from USC. Additionally, Maddie has experience as a Stage Manager for a theater production and as a Video Producer and Television Host for Coronado TV. Maddie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Pace 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.