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Carol Martin (reporter)
Carol Martin may refer to: * Carol Martin (politician) (born 1957), Australian politician * Carol Martin (athlete) (born 1948), track-and-field athlete * Carol Martin (journalist), American journalist and news anchor * C. Dianne Martin Carol Dianne Briggs Martin is an American computer scientist, former Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs at George Washington University and first Senior Faculty Fellow of the North Carolina (NC) Study Center. She currently teaches at the Universi ..., American computer scientist * Carol Vance Martin, alter-ego of DC Comic character Wildfire {{hndis, Martin, Carol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Martin (politician)
Carol Anne Martin (née Pilkington; born 13 October 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 2001 and 2013, representing the seat of Kimberley. She was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to any Australian parliament. Background and early career Born as Carol Anne Pilkington in Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Martin grew up in Perth, Carnarvon and Mukinbudin. Her mother, Rose Pilkington, was a Yamatji, while her father Bernard was Noongar, and she had six siblings. Her father taught her car maintenance, traditional painting in his people's style, singing and hunting. At the age of 12, she was removed from her family and became a ward of the state, moving across several foster homes. Pat Dodson, a Yawuru elder, later wrote: "Removal had a profound impact on her. Albeit a painful and lonely time in her life, it was a period that required her to develop the constructive skills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Martin (athlete)
Carol Lynne Martin (born 1948) is a former track-and-field athlete in discus, shot put and javelin. She represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games in 1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ..., Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games#Women, 1970 and Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games#Women, 1974, on each occasion winning the bronze medal for women's discus throw. She also represented Canada at the Pan-American Games, earning the Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games#Women's events, silver medal for discus in 1967 and the Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games#Women's events, bronze in 1971. Martin competed in discus at the Pacific Conference Games, winning 1969 Pacific Conference Games#women, silver in 1969 and 1973 Pacific Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Martin (journalist)
Carol Martin is an American journalist and long-time news anchor for WCBS-TV in New York (state), New York. Biography Martin is the daughter of Idessa and Daniel Martin. Her father was an auto worker for General Motors Corporation in Detroit. She is a graduate of Wayne State University. In 1974, Martin accepted a position with WCBS-TV in New York first as a correspondent and then anchor. In 1994, she left WCBS to host the daily talk show ''America's Talking'' and then went to work for WPXN-TV, WBIS-TV in New York where she was the host of ''Money Style Power.'' She also worked on ''Dateline NBC'' and as a substitute host on ''Weekend Today''. In 1997, she was named as the host of the second version of ''The People’s Court.'' In 2000, she was hired by the Fox news affiliate WNYW-TV in New York as co-anchor on the weekday newscast show ''Fox Five Live.'' In 1993, she married Joseph "Joe" Terry, a television director for ''The Maury Povich Show'' in New York and the ''Oprah Winfre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |