Emery King is a long way from the Purdue University junior who took a summer job at an Indiana radio station and never looked back. "My instructor asked if anyone was interested in the part-time job and I felt my hand going up,\" said King, who later became an NBC White House correspondent and a veteran news anchor at Detroit \'s WDIV-TV (Channel 4). The summer job led to a full-time position as a news reporter -- a position that didn\'t jibe with college classes. \"So in my senior year, I dropped out,\" said King, a Gary, Ind. , native. On Oct. 22, Wayne State University \'s Journalism Institute for Minorities will salute the veteran journalist. The event will also help endow JIM, an organization that provides scholarships, internships and support for minority journalism students.