Barbara Marshall Explained

Barbara Marshall
Office:Chair Honolulu City Council
Term Start:January 2, 2007
Term End:November 12, 2008
Preceded:Donovan M. Dela Cruz
Succeeded:Todd K. Apo
Office2:Honolulu City Council member, District III
Term Start2:January 2003
Term End2:February 22, 2009
Preceded2:Steve Holmes
Succeeded2:Ikaika Anderson
Birth Name:Barbara Novak Marshall
Birth Date:5 March 1944
Birth Place:Berwyn, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:Orange County, California, U.S.
Residence:Kailua, Hawaii, U.S.
Spouse:Cliff Ziems
Children:Joe Marshall
Occupation:Television Journalist
Education:BS, Radio-TV Journalism
Alma Mater:University of Illinois
Website:http://www.BarbaraMarshall.org

Barbara Novak Marshall (March 5, 1944 – February 22, 2009) was an 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.[1] [2]

Biography

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 [3] 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.

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.[4]

Personal

Marshall died on February 22, 2009, aged 64, after an eight-month battle with colon cancer.[5] Marshall's husband, Cliff Ziems, endorsed her aide, Ikaika Anderson, to fill her city council seat;[6] he was elected in a special election and was sworn into office on May 27, 2009.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Honolulu Star-Bulletin (21 October 2002). "Reporters go from limelight to political spotlight—5 former television journalists are headed for the Nov. 5 election" retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. News: TV journalists try their hand at political office . https://web.archive.org/web/20030119072529/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/16/ln/ln27a.html. 19 January 2003. Arakawa . Lynda . Honolulu Advertiser. 16 July 2002 . 23 October 2017.
  3. Nierstedt. Jenna. April 13, 2009. Barbara Marshall, TV reporter in Boston, official in Honolulu. The Boston Globe. Boston, MA. The Boston Globe..
  4. News: Honolulu Councilwoman Barbara Marshall dies. 22 February 2009 . the Honolulu Advertiser . https://web.archive.org/web/20101215094401/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2009/Feb/22/br/hawaii90222046.html . 15 December 2010. 23 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Council member Barbara Marshall dies at 64. 2009-02-12. starbulletin.com. 2009-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20090225080956/http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/40062653.html. 25 February 2009 . live.
  6. News: 11 file to run for Marshall's City Council seat . The Honolulu Advertiser. April 5, 2014.
  7. News: Ikaika Anderson sworn into office . The Honolulu Advertiser. April 5, 2014.