Carol Marin

American journalist Carol MarinBorn (1948-10-10) October 10, 1948 (age 77)OccupationsTelevision and print journalistYears active1972–2020Known forReporter/anchor at WMAQ-TVSpouseJonathan UtleyFamilyGarrick Utley (brother-in-law) Carol Marin (pronounced "marine") (born October 10, 1948) is a retired television and print journalist based in Chicago, Illinois. Career Marin began her journalism career in 1972 at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, 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.[citation needed] 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, Ma