Rob King

As Vice President/Editor-in-Chief of ESPN.com, Mr. King is responsible of all content and the overall editorial direction for the leading online sports destination and its related properties, as well as the management of the award-winning team of more than 200 editors, writers, designers and producers across ESPN.com and its network of related sites. Mr. King joined ESPN four years ago as a senior coordinating producer in Studio Production, where his duties included oversight of the network’s NBA studio shows, the ESPNEWS network, Outside the Lines, ESPN’s golf coverage, and its news research department. Prior to joining ESPN, Mr. King spent nearly 22 in newspapers, a run that included stops in Danville, Ill., Cherry Hill, N.J., Louisville and Philadelphia. Along the way, his job titles included editorial cartoonist, graphic artist, general assignment reporter, graphics editor, director of photography, presentation editor, deputy sports editor, assistant managing editor and ultimately, deputy managing editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer. All of which is to say he can't hold a steady job. One notable exception: Fifteen years after a spectacular lapse in judgment, his wife hasn't yet sent him packing. His four-year-old son Elijah and infant daughter Amani are thus far undecided on the matter. Mr. King attended API’s Newspaper Design and Graphics seminar in 1991 and Executive Development Program in 2004.