Many of us know Angela King as the morning voice of KUOW—Seattle’s public radio station. And many are familiar with King at a podium, the cheerful sound of her voice filling the HUB ballroom at the annual Celebration dinner hosted by the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity. The Pacific Northwest journalist is a perennial volunteer, ever generous with her time and talents when it comes to the University of Washington.
But this year at Celebration, instead of stepping aside for the winner of the Charles E. Odegaard Award, King, ’94, will stay in the spotlight to be honored for journalism that advances diversity, equity and inclusion and for her generous advocacy as a volunteer and mentor.
“Angela has spent her career bringing tough issues into the light, and she has done so with integrity and an honest desire to inform the public,” says Rickey Hall, vice president for Minority Affairs and Diversity and the UW university diversity officer. “In addition, she has given so much of her time and talent back to the UW, to OMA&D and to the students who came after her.”
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