John King's Rhode Island connection

CNN's John King continues to win plaudits for his political coverage, including that of Super Tuesday.

Writing in the Sun of Baltimore, for example, David Zurawik says:

CNN provided a font of fast-breaking information and clear-eyed analysis, particularly from correspondent John King, who pushed and pulled at a touch screen as he broke down states county by county, using an array of lines and colors.

It was mesmerizing to watch him play the board like a musical instrument as he analyzed obscure corners of various states for vote totals and offered predictions based on what he saw - sometimes down to the precinct level. For the most part, King stayed on top of the fingertip technology rather than letting it drive him as he sorted through a maelstrom of data.

What a lot of people might not know is that King, a native of Boston's Dorchester section, has a few Rhode Island connections. He cut his teeth in part in the Providence bureau of The Associated Press (later, after working for the AP in Boston, he trailed Michael Dukakis during his ill-fated 1988 presidential campaign). And while someone on this CNN transcript thinks that King went to Providence College, his own bio describes him as a grad of URI.