October 22, 2005

Emery King gets a royal salute: Wayne State event will draw TV news people to honor former anchor

Wayne State 's Journalism Institute for Minorities (JIM) hosts "A salute to Emery King" at 7 p.m. this evening in the university's Community Arts Auditorium. The fund-raising, black-tie optional event also marks the 20th anniversary of JIM, which strives to establish a $30,000 to $50,000 endowment scholarship fund for ethnic minority journalism students. A host of local broadcast journalists will speak, including WWJ's Vickie Thomas; WDIV's Devin Scillian, Paula Tutman, Derricke Dennis and Ted Talbert; WJBK's Huel Perkins; and WXYZ's Diana Lewis and Chuck Stokes.

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