[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1039]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING CAROL MARIN

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                        HON. RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 17, 2020

  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Carol Marin and to honor her distinguished career in print and 
electronic journalism. Few reporters have done more to build public 
trust in the press than Carol Marin, and her lifetime commitment to 
unbiased, in-depth reporting has elevated public discourse and held 
public officials accountable to their constituents and to the 
principles of good government.
  Born in Chicago, Carol spent her childhood in Rolling Meadows, 
Illinois, part of the 8th Congressional District that I represent. 
After graduating from the University of Illinois, she worked briefly as 
a high school English teacher before moving to Tennessee and beginning 
a career in journalism, first as a talk show host and reporter in 
Knoxville, and then as a news anchor and reporter in Nashville.
  In 1978, Carol returned home to Chicago as a news anchor and 
reporter. She quickly established a reputation as a relentless 
investigative reporter, and demonstrated a deep commitment to the 
highest standards of integrity and journalistic excellence. In 1997, 
that commitment became a national news story when she resigned from her 
news anchor desk to protest the hiring of a controversial talk show 
host whose presence she believed would undermine her credibility as a 
journalist and the work of her newsroom. She moved on to national 
broadcast work, serving as a correspondent on the CBS Evening News and 
``60 Minutes,'' covering important stories, including reporting on the 
September 11 terror attacks while covered in ash from the collapse of 
the World Trade Center towers.
  In 2002, Carol formed Marin Corp Productions, an independent 
documentary company providing content to media outlets including CNN 
and the New York Times/Discovery Channel. She also authored political 
commentary for the Chicago Sun-Times, and served as a contributor to 
Chicago Tonight, an award-winning nightly news show broadcast on WTTW, 
Chicago's public television station.
  Carol Marin has been honored with almost every important award in 
broadcast journalism. She is the recipient of three George Foster 
Peabody Awards, two DuPont-Columbia Awards, a George Polk Award, two 
national Emmy Awards and at least 15 regional Emmy Awards. Carol has 
been inducted in the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Silver 
Circle of the Chicago/Midwest chapter of the National Academy of 
Television Arts and Sciences.
  Carol recently announced that she is stepping away from her work as a 
broadcast journalist after the November 2020 national elections. I am 
glad to note that she will continue to inspire and mentor the next 
generation of journalists as co-director of the Center for Journalism 
Integrity and Excellence at DePaul University in Chicago.
  At a time when journalism is under relentless attack by forces that 
seek to undermine our democratic norms, I am honored to celebrate the 
career of a reporter who personifies honesty, integrity and a fearless 
willingness to speak truth to power. Carol Marin's passion for her 
life's work is best expressed by her own words: ``There's a sense of 
mission for most of us in my business, a sense of purpose . . . the 
biggest lesson I have learned of all--every story, every day, every 
year that I do this--is that it is a privilege to be a reporter.''

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