Education
University of Illinois system. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
University of Illinois system. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Marin began her journalism career in 1972 at WBIR-television in Knoxville, Tennessee working as a reporter, anchor, and assistant news director In 1976, she moved to We Shield Millions -television 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 National Broadcasting Company owned and operated station, WMAQ-television, in Chicago, where she worked for almost two decades. On 1 May 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, Marin and producer Don Moseley were hired by Columbia Broadcasting System News.
In a dual assignment, she worked as a network correspondent and an investigative reporter for WBBM-TV-television, the Columbia Broadcasting System station in Chicago. From 1997–2002, Marin reported for the Columbia Broadcasting System News programs 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes II, and Evening News with Dan Rather.
In 2002 Marin and Moseley left Columbia Broadcasting System to form an independent documentary company, Marin Corporation Productions.
They have produced programs for Cable News Network and New York Times/Discovery Channel. Marin Corporation Productions is housed at DePaul University) where they guide aspiring DePaul journalism students through internships. In 2004, Marin returned to WMAQ-television, where she is the station"s political editors
In addition, Marin has been the political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times since 2004.
In 2006, she also signed on as a contributor to Chicago Tonight on Window To The World, a public broadcasting station in Chicago. She often moderates panels on politics.