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About Carol Marin
- Carol Marin (born October 10, 1948) is a television and print journalist based in Chicago, Illinois. Marin began her journalism career in 1972 at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee working as a reporter, anchor, and assistant news director.
- In 1976, she moved to WSM-TV in Nashville, where she was instrumental in the investigative reporting that ultimately led to the ouster and indictment of then-Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton.
- In 1978, Marin was hired by the NBC owned and operated station, WMAQ-TV, in Chicago, where she worked for almost two decades.On May 1, 1997, she resigned her position as 6 and 10 p.m.
- news anchor in protest of the station's decision to give Jerry Springer a commentary segment on the evening news program that she anchored; her co-anchor Ron Magers resigned a few weeks later for the same reason.
- After the two anchors left the station, ratings plummeted and Springer quit. Two months later, Marin and producer Don Moseley were hired by CBS News.
- In a dual assignment, she worked as a network correspondent and an investigative reporter for WBBM-TV, the CBS station in Chicago.
- From 1997–2002, Marin reported for the CBS News programs 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II, and Evening News with Dan Rather.
- In 2002 Marin and Moseley left CBS to form an independent documentary company, Marin Corp Productions.
- They have produced programs for CNN and The New York Times/Discovery Channel.
- Marin Corp Productions is housed at DePaul University, where they teach DePaul students journalistic ethics at the Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence.In 2004, Marin returned to WMAQ-TV, where she is the station's political editor.
- In addition, Marin has been the political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times since 2004.
- In 2006, she also signed on as a contributor to Chicago Tonight on WTTW, a public broadcasting station in Chicago.
- She often moderates panels on politics.
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