KING 5 Media Group
Mike Perry has over 19 years of experience in the media industry. Mike is currently working as the Chief Photojournalist at KING 5 Media Group since October 2018. Prior to that, they were a News Photojournalist at KOMO TV from June 2013 to September 2018. Before that, they worked as a Reporter/Photojournalist at KHQ-TV from June 2009 to April 2013. Mike also served as a Photojournalist at KGW, an NBC affiliate television station in Portland, Oregon from September 2008 to April 2009. Mike started their career at KTVB News Group as a Photojournalist from March 2002 to August 2008.
Mike Perry attended Boise State University from 2003 to 2007, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Communications and Journalism. Additionally, in October 2019, they obtained a certification as an FAA Certified sUAS Drone Pilot from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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.