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Show On Camera Or "King" Of The Mews OW-KU- TV best you can. She said her parents her, and that she learned self-discipli- King always drove herself to try to achieve the best. According to Salt Lake City magazine, King sees herself as an average woman, but she has always been remarkable. She achieved excellent grades in high school, graduating as Valedictorian with a4.0 GPA. The El Monte, Calif., native graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1978 with a bachelor of arts degree in broadcast journalism. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Kappa Tau Alpha. While at BYU, she was voted Homecoming Queen. King has been nominated as an Outstanding Young Woman of America twice. She received the Mrs. Utah Pageant Media Award and the Wasatch Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, according to KUTV News biographical information. Kings father is a civil engineer for Los Angeles County. The rest of her family is involved music. Her mother is a music teacher. I learned to play the piano when I was 5, said King. Her grandfather was a music professor. The influence of music from her family left some marks on her. She loves to play the piano and the violin. As a matter of fact, playing the piano is one of the things she does most in her spare time, besides spending it with her family. Her family consists of her husband, Steven D. King, manager of the creative by Michael Andre Forum staff writer Michelle King is waiting for the signal to start the 10 oclock news. Her partner, Terry Wood, is sitting to her right. Three cameras aim at the anchors, each from a different angle. The KUTV Channel 2 news lead music starts playing. The floor director gives King a sign. She begins reading. King does not look nervous, but rather anxious to do a good job: That is her personality. 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A few years ago, she felt that the new boss was not satisfied with her because she did not put enough hours into the job. He wanted to replace King, but the owner of the station wanted to keep her. This stand off ended when the boss left the station after 18 months. Kings formula for success is to set priorities and then follow them. My family is first and other things come next. If I let other commitments, such as job or community happenings take over that no. 1 priority, then I find that I have unhappy kids, Im not happy and life is not going well. She said that she is constantly trying to get back on line, but as long as she can straighten it out, she feels OK. I think you can do just about anything you want to do as long as you stick to your own personal guidelines for success Cing is a living example of this philosophy. When she was at BYU, she wanted to become a teacher, like most of her family, but she gradually changed her mind. I wanted to have a job which is unique, As a sophoexciting and challenging. more, she took general communication classes and enjoyed them. On one occasion, she had to go to the BYU news studio and thought, This is really neat. By then, she knew what she really wanted to do and changed her major to communication broadcasting. She became a television producer and anchor for KB YU in Provo, and got her first three years experience there. In 1977, she was a television intern reporter for KSL, then she worked for United Press International in New York. In 1978, she began working as a reporter and anchor for KUTV. King has since advanced to become one of the most popular anchors in Utah. Most people might think an anchor just shows his or her pretty face and reads the news, but in reality this is not the case. King has to write what she reports on, particularly for the 10 oclock news. The pretty face and the good reading and presentation abilities are important in front of the camera, but the rest of the day consists of hard work, stress and pressure. Good writing ability is essential for the job. In the afternoon,. King talks to the 6 oclock news producer about the upcoming news. At 4:30 p.m. she writes the six tease which she presents on television at 5:25 p.m. Anewsteaserisabrief overview of what is coming up on the news and should make viewers want to watch the main news. At 5:05 p.m. King goes up to KALL Radio and does a five- - minute radio newscast for this radio station. At 5:30 p.m. she looks through the items 7 oclock news update. for the At 5:45 p.m. she reads the manuscript for the 6 oclock news, which she presents with her The 6 oclock newscast takes 30 minutes. After that. King and cable-new- s te a team record a update. At 6:45 she goes through the information for the 7 oclock news update. Following the update broadcast, she has a break, but at 9 p.m. she is again on television presenting another news update, and right after that, King starts writing for the 10 oclock news. She gets her writing material from the news wire and the station reporters. It has to be compiled to fit into the limited broadcasting time. King enjoys the stimulation of having to think on her feet, and the challenge of writing in a brief and clean style. At 10 p.m. King and Wood do their last part for the job and present the 30-seco- nd co-anch- or. five-minu- 35-minu- te long 10 oclock news. Her favorite part of the job is doing the newscast. She remembers one occasion when she fell off her seat just seconds before being on air, and one incident where she passed the time in a live report to her expecting that he would talk longer than 10 seconds. She hadnt prepared anything to say when her returned the time to her and caught her at a loss for words. As anchor you have to take a lot of criticism, said King. I have a thick skin, people just call to tell you what they dont like. She takes the valid points and tries to correct them. Criticism is part of the job and King says you have to have good selfesteem. Dont let what other people think of you determine who you are. When she is on air, she tries to be herself and doesnt want to fake anything. People can see right through you, she said. co-anch- or, co-anch- or Highlights of her job included a NBC report on the first artificial heart implant, field anchoring of the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas and the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. She also reported the dedication of the first temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints behind the Iron Curtain in Freiberg, East Germany, in 1986 when the wall and Honecker were still a reality. Sometimes, King says, the pressure and stress is too much. She also feels a little lack of privacy. People talk to her on the street or in the supermarket Y ou are glad, you hope that they watch you, but at the same time I want to be alone. But King knows that this comes with the job and is grateful for it at the same time. King wears bright colors and conservative clothes. Her partner Terry Wood, of whom she thinks highly (He is one of the best, he is a good writer, quick on his feet and a challenge to me to be better), is just finishing his sentence. Toward the end of the newscast, they give each other a hard time, Wood trying to embarrass King, and King teases Wood about his advanced age. They have fun with each other, know how to be professionals and are also Tuesday, April 21, 1992-Forum-P- age 9 |