About Lori King
Lori King is a retired military print journalist and a retired Toledo Blade photojournalist. Although she has hung up her cameras for good, she’s still working in the journalism field as an educator, podcaster and writing contributor.
Her journalism career began in the U.S. Army as a print journalist when she was 18, serving eight years Active Army, and 10 years in the Ohio Army National Guard and three years in the Air National Guard. She retired from the 180th Fighter Wing in Toledo in 2000.
She retired from the Toledo Blade (Toledo, Ohio) newspaper in August 2021, and was employed there for 26 years.
Current employment:
Adjunct photojournalism and multimedia instructor at the University of Toledo and Wayne State University (Detroit). She teaches news writing, photojournalism, multimedia and communication and new media courses.
Host/producer of three podcasts: National Press Photographer Association’s (NPPA) The Visual Voice; Military Veterans in Journalism’s (MVJ) Sword & Pen; and Ohio News Photographer Association’s (ONPA) the Buckeye Visualist.
Contributing writer for NPPA’s News Photographer Magazine
Education:
BS in photojournalism | Kent State | 1991
MA in Journalism Education at Kent State | 2012
Journalism Track | Defense Information School | U.S. Army | 1980
Contact information: lorikingblog@gmail.com | Twitter @intro2pj | Instagram @toledophotog
Volunteer of the Year Award for hosting and producing the Sword and Pen podcast for the Military Veterans in Journalism network.