Cathy Marshall (news anchor)

{{short description|American broadcast journalist}}

{{Other people|Cathy Marshall}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Cathy Marshall

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| caption = Cathy Marshall

| birth_name = Catherine Marshall

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| birth_place = Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

| occupation = Television journalist

| education = Oregon State University

| spouse = John Marler

| children = 4

| credits = CNN
NBC 7 Boston (WHDH)
KATU Portland
KMTR Eugene
WTNH New Haven
KIRO Seattle
KGW Portland
KTVZ Bend

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Catherine "Cathy" Marshall is an American broadcast journalist who has worked as a reporter and anchorperson. She has worked as an anchor for CNN and has also worked with news stations in Boston; New Haven, Connecticut;{{cite web|title=Cathy Marshall [biography]|publisher=KGW|url=http://www.kgw.com/about-us/team-bios/cathy-marshall/3190793 | date=January 11, 2016 | accessdate=July 17, 2016}} Seattle; and Eugene and Portland, Oregon;{{cite news|last=Langlois|first=Ed|title=TV news anchor couple puts career in perspective|date=March 19, 1999|newspaper=Catholic Sentinel|url=http://www.sentinel.org/node/3672|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416012521/http://www.sentinel.org/node/3672|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2013|accessdate=May 5, 2012}}{{cite news|last=Schulberg|first=Pete|title=Here's the latest on the 'Ex-Files'|date=January 16, 2004|newspaper=Portland Tribune|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=22481 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607231243/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=22481

| archivedate=June 7, 2011|accessdate=November 28, 2016}} and as a sideline reporter for Fox Sports Northwest.{{cite web|title=Long-time TV journalist, OSU grad to lead alumni efforts in Portland and Seattle|date=July 18, 2008|publisher=Oregon State University|url=http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2008/jul/long-time-tv-journalist-osu-grad-lead-alumni-efforts-portland-and-seattle | accessdate=May 5, 2012}} At the beginning of 2010, Marshall joined the news team of MDiTV, a medical news network also based in Portland, as an anchor.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}} In December 2011, she began working as a reporter and anchor at KGW-TV in Portland. In 2022, she began working as an anchor at KTVZ, and became the station's News Director in December, 2022.https://ktvz.com/news/2022/12/14/newschannel-21-announces-news-director-cathy-marshall/

Marshall and husband John Marler co-anchored newscasts in some cities, including at Boston's WHDH and Portland's KATU.{{cite news|last=Brenneman|first=Kristina|title= Ads with more pizzazz might help Marler/Marshall | date=August 1, 1999 | newspaper=Portland Business Journal | url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1999/08/02/newscolumn1.html | accessdate=May 5, 2012}}

Personal life

Marshall graduated with honors from Oregon State University in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in speech communications.

She is married to John Marler, also a news anchor, and the couple have four children.

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