Colleen Marshall Biography – Colleen Marshall Wiki
Colleen Marshall is an American television anchor and practicing attorney working for NBC4 at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m. She also is the host of the weekly political program, “NBC4‘s The Spectrum.” She joined NBC4 as a general assignment reporter in 1984 and was promoted to anchor of NBC4‘s weekend news in 1987. She became co-anchor of NBC4‘s weekday news programs in 1992. Before, she had worked at WTRF-TV in Wheeling West Virginia, and as an anchor/reporter at radio stations in Wheeling and Weirton, West Virginia. She was also a writer/producer/editor at an all-news Pittsburgh radio station.
She has received multiple media and community service awards, including eight regional Emmy awards from NATAS. She won four Emmys for the health program “I Want To Go Home; A Journey Through Alzheimer’s” which documented her mother’s decade-long struggle with the disease. She also received an Associated Press Award for that series in 2012 and was honored for her work by the Central Ohio Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. In 2018, she won an Emmy for political reporting for her coverage of drastic state budget cuts at the Bureau of Children with Medical Handicaps. Her coverage of the presidential election, “The Fight for Ohio,” won an Emmy in 2004.
She also received an Emmy for historical reporting for coverage of the renovation of Ellis Island. She won an Associated Press Best Enterprise Reporting Award for “Ashville Drug Bust” in 2010. She won a reporting award from Media General in 2009 for a story focusing on Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Stratton, who discovered decades after a random act of kindness impacted the life of her missionary parents that it might not have been so random after all. She also won a reporting award from Media General in 2007 for a report on Ohio’s death row, entitled “Dead Man Waiting.” for which she was also nominated for an Emmy.
She has been nominated for Emmys for her political program, “The Spectrum,” and for a 2000 report called “Cody’s Miracle.” In 2001, Colleen and NBC4‘s Mike Jackson were honored by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists for Best Coverage of Minority Issues for “The State of Race.” She also won the 1999 Stonewall Media Award for her series on transgendered people and her work with AIDS causes. She has been honored for her community service by the Columbus AIDS Task Force, The Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization, The American Red Cross, and Make-A-Wish.
She has had two one-on-one interviews with President Barack Obama, one of which was in the White House. Her most memorable story was being in New York City for a week, covering the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
She served as the 2001 commencement speaker at her alma mater, Point Park University, in Pittsburgh, and was the 2000 commencement speaker at Ohio’s Rio Grande University, where she received an honorary doctorate. She currently serves as a board member for Columbus Metropolitan Club and is a member of the Columbus Bar Association. She frequently speaks on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association of Central Ohio, including the annual Memory Walk, and advocates for the organization at the Ohio Statehouse Memory Day. Colleen was the Chair of the 2013 Red Event to benefit ARC Ohio (Aids Resource Center). She was Co-Chair of Art for Life to benefit ARC Ohio.
She was the Honorary Chair of Friends of the Poor Walk, St. Vincent DePaul 2012. She was a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Council for the United Way of Central Ohio and she has been an integral part of fundraising events for Make-A-Wish; WELD (Women’s Economic Leadership Development); NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners); Alzheimer’s Association; Children’s Hunger Alliance; the Mid-Ohio Food Collective; Northwest Counseling Center and Columbus Metropolitan Club.
In May 2020 she was honored with a national Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. AWMF recognized Colleen for her outstanding investigative series “Culture of Cover-Up,” which exposed the abuse of hundreds of young men over a period of two decades at the hands of an Ohio State University doctor. In 2018 she was named a Silver Circle honoree by the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences, an award given to individuals who have devoted at least 25 years to broadcasting, and who have made an enduring contribution to the television industry and their community.
She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. In 2004, Colleen graduated from the Capital University School of Law in Columbus, where she was the recipient of a Trustee’s Scholarship, was named to the dean’s list, and was a member of Law Review and the National Moot Court Team. She passed the bar exam in 2004 and is a practicing attorney.
Colleen Marshall Age
She was born in the United States.
Colleen Marshall Husband
She is married to her husband, Gary who is an attorney. They have two grown-up children.
Colleen Marshall Children
Her son Garrett is an attorney who resides with his wife Suzanne in Columbus. Her daughter, Shannon received her MHMR and MBA from The Ohio State University and is a human resource professional.
Colleen Marshall Family
Her father, Jack was an electrician at a glass factory and her mother was known as Betty. Her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Colleen Marshall Surgery
She underwent surgery after realizing she has stage-four kidney nephrosis, a blockage that had already left her kidney with close to half of its original function. This was after she wanted to donate her kidney to a family member.
Colleen Marshall Twitter
Colleen Marshall’s Twitter account is @ColleenNBC4.
