Colbert I. King
Colbert I. King
Colbert I. “Colby” King is a weekly columnist for the Washington Post, specializing in urban and national affairs. Before joining the Post’s editorial board in 1990, King worked for the State Department, serving at the U.S. embassy in Bonn; in the Senate, where he helped draft home-rule legislation for the District of Columbia; and at the World Bank, where he was U.S. executive director. He was appointed deputy editorial page editor of the Post in 2000, and served in that capacity until 2007. King also is a regular panelist on the public-affairs program “Inside Washington” on ABC-TV and a regular commentator on WTOP Radio, where he was awarded the 2005 Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s award for outstanding editorial commentary. He won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary in 2003.