Cathy Marshall (news anchor)

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Cathy Marshall
Born
Catherine Marshall

Education Oregon State University
Occupation Television journalist
Notable credit(s) CNN
NBC 7 Boston (WHDH)
KATU Portland
KMTR Eugene
WTNH New Haven
KIRO Seattle
KGW Portland
KTVZ Bend
SpouseJohn Marler
Children4 [1]

Catherine "Cathy" Marshall is an American broadcast journalist who has worked as a reporter and anchorperson. She has worked as an anchor for CNN [1] and has also worked with news stations in Boston; New Haven, Connecticut; [2] Seattle; and Eugene and Portland, Oregon; [3] [4] and as a sideline reporter for Fox Sports Northwest. [1] 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 ] In December 2011, she began working as a reporter and anchor at KGW-TV in Portland. [2] In 2022, she began working as an anchor at KTVZ, and became the station's News Director in December, 2022. [5]

Marshall and husband John Marler co-anchored newscasts in some cities, including at Boston's WHDH and Portland's KATU. [6]

Personal life

Marshall graduated with honors from Oregon State University in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in speech communications. [1]

She is married to John Marler, also a news anchor, and the couple have four children. [1]

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