From storytelling on film to storytelling in clay — a journalist finds her inner artist

These days however, the Emmy-Award winning reporter spends her time painting watercolors and crafting sculptures in her studio in the bay area of San Francisco.

After a fruitful career in journalism spanning decades, which saw the 54-year-old anchor CBS Morning News and ABC’s “Good Morning America Sunday” King decided to go back to her original love — art.

After a lifetime spent in the deadline-driven, fast-paced world of journalism, King says she relishes the time and space afforded to her by her art: “I like that feeling of not feeling rushed, of not feeling like I have to be in control of the process at all… and I’m just really along for the ride. I don’t feel any time constraints. I don’t feel anything pushing me to go from point A to B to C.”

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