A celebrity journalist, entertainment expert, author and TV commentator, Ken Baker is E!'s executive news editor, directing news gathering, providing expert commentary and conducting interviews for the network's various news platforms, including E! News, Daily 10, E! Online, E! International, E! News specials and live red carpet events.

Baker holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a liberal arts degree from Colgate University. He began his journalism career as a news assistant for David Brinkley and Ted Koppel in the Washington bureau of ABC News. After newspaper stints with the Buffalo News and the Daily Press of Virginia, Baker entered the Hollywood ranks.

Baker has written four books. His critically acclaimed Man Made: A Memoir of My Body (Tarcher Putnam, 2001) told the story of his battle with a brain tumor (a movie adaptation is currently in development). Baker's second memoir, They Don't Play Hockey in Heaven: A Dream, a Team and My Comeback Season (Lyons Press, 2003), chronicled the season he spent as pro hockey's oldest rookie. His debut novel, Hollywood Hussein (Verona, 2005), was a satirical take on the capture of Saddam Hussein. Baker is also coauthor with Scott Hamilton of The Great Eight: How to Be Happy (even when you have every reason to be miserable) (Thomas Nelson, 2009).

Baker has appeared regularly as an expert on Fox News Channel, the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC and Headline News. He also delivers exclusive radio reports for the nationally syndicated radio program On-Air With Ryan Seacrest.

Prior to joining E!, Baker was Us Weekly's West Coast bureau chief, West Coast executive editor and editorial director of Usmagazine.com. But Baker has been a familiar face on the E! network, appearing regularly on E! News, Live From the Red Carpet, True Hollywood Story, Chelsea Lately and numerous E! News specials.

Baker previously worked as a staff correspondent for People magazine, where he reported on celebrity and human-interest stories. Starting in 1996 as an L.A.-based correspondent, Baker was promoted to People's Northwest correspondent based in Northern California in 1999.

Baker serves on the Ambassador Board of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles and is a member of the Advisory Board of the NHL's L.A. Kings. He and his wife live in L.A. with their two children and a black lab named Arthur Fonzarelli.