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Susan R. King, former news anchor for WJLA-TV in
Washington, D.C. and an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, was sworn into
office today as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Public Affairs.
Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich administered the oath
of office in a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Labor Department's Frances
Perkins Building. Guest speakers were Judy Woodruff of CNN and Renee Poussaint
of ABC News.
"Susan King's talent and experience will be invaluable
assets to the Department of Labor's communications team," Reich said. "As we
face the challenge of informing the American public about the changes taking
place in the workplace, and the demands and opportunities these changes bring,
Susan King will be a key player."
King served last year as director of the Labor
Departmentþs Commission on Family and Medical Leave. She anchored WJLA
newscasts from 1987 to 1993, covering the 1988 Presidential campaign, the
Nicaragua conflict and the 1990 elections, as well as Supreme Court nominations
and the local political scene.
From 1983 to 1987, King anchored the news for WRC-TV, also
in Washington, D.C., following four years as a Washington-based correspondent
for ABC News. She began her career in 1970 as an editorial assistant to Walter
Cronkite at CBS News in New York, and moved to WGR-TV in Buffalo, N.Y. where
she was a weekend anchor and reporter from 1973 to 1975. From 1975 to 1979,
King reported and anchored the news for WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C.
Founder and former co-chair of the International
Womenþs Media Foundation, which is dedicated to a free press and
promoting womenþs role in it, King is member of The Women's Forum of
Washington and Sigma Delta Chi journalism honor society. A 1969 graduate of
Marymount College, which she currently serves as a trustee, King earned a
masters in communications degree in 1973 from Fairfield University, where she
is a member of the trustees advisory council.
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