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EVIE KING
print & audio journalist
enking105@gmail.com 567-241-1956 evieking.squarespace.com linkedin.com/in/evieking1206/
Communications Employment History
Awards
Marketing Intern Richmond, VA
Finalist in the Hearst Radio Competition 2018
Richmond Symphony July 2018 - Present
Ed and Jo Pritchett Scholarship 2018
Create social media posts for Instagram account of over
T. Edward and Polly D. Temple
Writing Award 2018
5,000 followers.
Oversee Facebook account of over 14,000 followers.
Write media releases for upcoming season concerts.
Education Design and manage the weekly email sent to over 20,000
subscribers.
Virginia Commonwealth University
B.S. in Mass Communications Reporting Intern Richmond, VA
Concentration in Digital Journalism WCVE Idea Stations Jan. 2018 - Present
Psychology Minor NPR Member Station
*Expected graduation May 2019 Contribute to NPR national on Richmond current events.
Produce local news spots and actuality treatments for local
segments in Morning Edition and All Things Considered
Skills (Over 30 since January 2018).
Proficient in Adobe Audition. Cover topics including local government, education,
community events, and state government.
Able to use/record with Tascam DR-40. Produce feature stories on content impacting
Richmond communities.
Knowledgeable in AP Style.
Competent with social media design
Co Production Manager Richmond, VA
and marketing.
WVCW Jan. 2018 - May 2018
VCU Student Radio Station
Misc. Employment History
Produce, edit and mix audio pieces for student events.
Ticket Clerk Richmond, VA
The Broadberry July 2018 - Present
Run social media campaigns, promoting concerts and events.
Strategize to meet sales goals and increase listenership.
Barista/Waitress Richmond, VA
The Graduate Hotel Oct. 2017 - July 2018
Marketing Designer Fish Creek, WI
Retail Associate/ Baileys Harbor, WI
May 2017- Aug. 2017
Sales Associate Oct. 2016 - Aug. 2017
Bartender
Door County Brewing Co.
Fred & Co
Substitute Teacher Sister Bay, WI Construct visually engaging window displays showcasing
Northern Door Oct. 2016 - May. 2017 merchandise in creative ways.
Children’s Center Create an Instagram account and craft posts to
Costume Shop Manager Appelton, WI showcase the store’s current inventory.
Lawrence University Aug. 2013 - June 2016 Photograph and produce the shop’s first winter lookbook.
Design the shop’s updated logo.
Sales Associate Charlottesville, VA
Provide attentive and individualized costumer service.
Finch Aug. 2013 - Jan. 2016
Kazoos, chants drown out Westboro Church’s message of hate
apnews.com/a1083cdff4464bd587e4c9bde4ba7224
March 11, 2019
By EVIE KINGMarch 11, 2019
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Randy Blythe of Richmond’s heavy metal band Lamb of God met
demonstrators from Westboro Baptist Church at the Virginia Capitol on Monday with an
unlikely weapon: kazoos.
Armed with colorful plastic instruments, Blythe and more than 100 other
counterprotesters drowned out the six WBC members with a cacophony of chaotic noise.
“I couldn’t bring my band, so we brought kazoos instead,” Blythe said.
Westboro Baptist Church, which the Southern Poverty Law Center calls “arguably the
most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America,” came to the Capitol to protest Del.
Danica Roem as the first transgender woman to be elected to the Virginia General
Assembly.
In a news release, WBC, which condemns LGBTQ rights, called Roem a “slave to sin”
among other inflammatory statements.
As a rebuke to WBC’s hateful remarks, Roem encouraged her Twitter followers to donate
to her campaign for re-election. With the hashtag #westborobackfire, more than 900
contributors have raised over $34,000 since March 1.
Jill Hammer, who supports Roem, showed up to celebrate her city’s diversity.
“Richmond is fueled by creativity, fueled by musicians and artists, and we’re here to have
a party and show them that Richmond is about love for everyone,” Hammer said.
The music coming from WBC member Shirley Phelps-Roper’s speaker was barely audible
over the counterprotesters’ unconventional chorus of noise.
Singing along to parodies of pop songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” with lyrics modified to
match the group’s message, Phelps-Roper said WBC intentionally chooses well-known
music. “We’re trying to talk to this generation, meet them where they live,” Phelps-Roper
said.
Less than 30 minutes later, the WBC protesters moved north to a sidewalk near VCU’s
campus, demonstrating against the college’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Students stopped as they walked to class, some vocally protested while others stopped
and stared.
In a statement to the university community, VCU President Michael Rao said the WBC
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2/18/2019 Citizens advocate for gun control from both sides at the Capitol | The Henrico Citizen
Citizens advocate for gun control from both sides at
the Capitol
Special to the Citizen on January 22, 2019
By Evie King, Capital News Service
Members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League rally for gun rights Jan. 21.
People on both sides of the gun control debate rallied at the Capitol Jan. 21 to
advocate for their stances on �rearms in Virginia.
The Virginia Citizens Defense League held a Second Amendment rally at the Bell
Tower at Capitol Square in the morning. The Virginia Center for Public Safety
followed with an afternoon vigil that honored lives lost to gun violence.
Virginia Citizens Defense League rally
An hour before the Capitol Bell struck noon, over 50 VCDL members congregated,
clad in winter coats and wearing hunter-orange stickers that read “Guns save lives.”
Demonstrators gathered to listen to speeches from gun rights activists and
legislators sympathetic to their cause, including Sen. Dick Black, R-Loudoun, and
Del. Dave LaRock, R-Loudoun.
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Before legislative session, a serving of eggs and a prayer
for civility
virginiamercury.com/blog-va/before-legislative-session-a-serving-of-eggs-and-a-prayer-for-civility/
Capital News Service
The General Assembly Prayer Breakfast, held Wednesday morning at the Greater Richmond
Convention Center. (VCU Capital News Service/ Jan. 9, 2019)
By Evie King /Capital News Service
As legislators, faith leaders and others tucked into their scrambled eggs and fresh fruit cups,
two slideshow screens at the front of the room rotated Bible verses speaking to the theme of
the 53rd annual General Assembly Prayer Breakfast: civility and reconciliation.
Politicians who packed the ballroom at the Greater Richmond Convention Center reflected on
familiar Bible verses such as Luke 6:27: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”
Republicans and Democrats sat next to one another Wednesday morning, amicably asking
about family members and the past holiday season while sipping orange juice or coffee. There
was little hint of the potential political drama or partisanship of the impending legislative
session.
Former Secretary of the Commonwealth Janet Kelly acted as master of ceremonies for the
event. Bringing the room to attention with a chime of her glass, she blessed the food — “in
Jesus’ name we pray” — and then introduced Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.You can also read
