Barbara Marshall
| Barbara Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Chair Honolulu City Council | |
| In office January 2, 2007 – November 12, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Donovan M. Dela Cruz |
| Succeeded by | Todd K. Apo |
| Honolulu City Council member, District III | |
| In office January 2003 – February 22, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Holmes |
| Succeeded by | Ikaika Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 5, 1944 Berwyn, Illinois, USA |
| Died | February 22, 2009 Orange County, California, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Cliff Ziems |
| Children | Joe Marshall |
| Residence | Kailua, Hawaii, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Occupation | Television Journalist |
| Website | http://www.BarbaraMarshall.org |
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Barbara Novak Marshall (March 5, 1944 – February 22, 2009) was a American television broadcast journalist and politician. She was elected three times to the Honolulu City Council in Honolulu, Hawaii following her retirement from broadcasting.
Marshall was known throughout Hawaii for a long career as an investigative journalist, consumer advocate, documentary filmmaker, news anchor and reporter for KHON-TV television station.[citation needed]
Born Barbara Novak in Berwyn, Illinois she went on to become the first female graduate of the Radio and Television Journalism program at the University of Illinois in 1965. As Barbara Novak, she broke through television journalism's glass ceiling to become the first woman Radio-TV grad to anchor a regularly scheduled broadcast television news program in the United States. She rose to further prominence as Barbara Marshall in Boston, where she worked for a decade as an award-winning reporter for two Boston television stations, first for channel 56 WLVI and then for channel 4 [1] WBZ-TV. A number of her interviews and stories were broadcast on NBC-TV network newscasts.
Marshall transported her career to Honolulu in 1979, working for 23 years as reporter, news anchor and producer for channel 2 KHON. During her tenure at KHON, Marshall initiated Action Line (a TV-consumer complaint line), live television election coverage and created the first morning news program in Hawaii. She won awards for two documentaries: One on the eruption of the Kilauea volcano, and another on the life of Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka.[citation needed]
In 2002, she won a seat on the Honolulu City Council in her first attempt at elective office. She was reelected to the council seat on September 18, 2004 and again on September 25, 2008 and was elected chairman by her peers on January 2, 2007.[citation needed]
Marshall died on February 22, 2009, aged 64, after an eight-month battle with colon cancer.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Nierstedt, Jenna (April 13, 2009). Barbara Marshall, TV reporter in Boston, official in Honolulu. Boston, MA: The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Council member Barbara Marshall dies at 64". starbulletin.com. 2009-02-12. http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/40062653.html. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
[edit] External links
- Honolulu Council - Barbara Marshall
- Remembering Former KHON2 Reporter Barbara Marshall KHON2 news story with video.
- 1944 births
- 2009 deaths
- American television journalists
- Cancer deaths in Hawaii
- Deaths from colorectal cancer
- Honolulu City Council members
- People from Honolulu, Hawaii
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign alumni
- Women in Hawaii politics
- People from Berwyn, Illinois
- Politicians from Cook County, Illinois
