Colleen Marshall is co-anchor of NBC 4 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. with Cabot Rea.

Colleen has come a long way since her first job, selling tickets at a drive-in movie theater.

"I was eventually promoted to snack bar," she said.

Marshall came to NBC 4 as a general assignment reporter in 1984 and was promoted to anchor of NBC 4's weekend news in 1987. Colleen worked as a news anchor and general assignment reporter at stations in Wheeling, W.Va. She was also the news director/anchor/reporter at a radio station in Weirton, W.Va., and writer/producer/editor at a Pittsburgh radio station.

Marshall received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Point Park College in Pittsburgh.

She has received many honors, most recently the Media General reporting award in 2007 for reports on Ohio's Death Row. In the report, Colleen interviewed a death row inmate who she first interviewed nearly a decade ago and is still awaiting execution. The report examined the lengthy and costly appellate process. She was nominated for an Emmy for the same report.

While co-anchoring NBC 4 at 11 p.m., the show was nominated for a regional Emmy for best newscast for 2006, 2005 and 2004.

Colleen won a regional Emmy award for "Fight For Ohio," which previewed the 2004 presidential election.

In May 2004, Colleen graduated from the Capital University School of Law in Columbus, where she was the recipient of a Trustee's Scholarship, was named to the dean's list and was a member of the National Moot Court Team. She took the bar exam in August 2004 and found out in late October that she passed. Colleen served as 2001 commencement speaker at her alma mater, Point Park College, in Pittsburgh, where she received an honorary doctorate.

In 2001, Colleen and NBC 4's Mike Jackson were awarded second place by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists' for Best Coverage of Minority Issues for "The State of Race." She received an Emmy nomination for reporting "Cody's Miracle" in 2000.

Colleen also served as commencement speaker at Rio Grande University in 2000 and received an honorary doctorate.

She also won the 1999 Stonewall Media Award for her series on transgendered people and her work with AIDS causes, a 1999 Emmy for her special report on Ellis Island, and a 1999 Emmy nomination for her report entitled "New Appalachia Trail."

She also won two awards in 1998 from The Associated Press for co-anchoring the newscast voted Best Newscast and anchoring Best Spot News Coverage for the Alva Campbell Escape, 1996 and 1997 Emmy nominations for anchoring and reporting, a 1988 Capital Area Humane Society Consumer Reporting award and one from St. Vincent DePaul Humanitarian for her reports on hunger.

Her most memorable story was being in New York City for a week, covering the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Colleen has contributed time serving as a co-host of the Easter Seal Celebration, co-emcee of the Just Say No March and Rally, D.A.R.E. Graduation speaker, YWCA Capital Campaign board member, Crittenton Family Services board member, Columbus AIDS Task Force board member and volunteer in children's classrooms. She has worked with the Columbus Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women and most recently served as emcee of the Ramadan dinner at the Ohio Statehouse that focused on religious tolerance and understanding.

Colleen and her husband, Gary, have two children. Their son is a junior political science major at The Ohio State University. He also plays guitar in a local band. Their daughter is a sophomore business major at Ohio University, where she is a member of the women's track and field team.

Colleen and Gary also have a love for their pets. They have a dog, Mary Kate, and recently adopted Helen, a dog who was a Hurricane Katrina survivor. Helen was the subject of a story by NBC 4's Marshall McPeek on the two-year anniversary of the disaster. Helen was rescued by a local animal rescue group. She is missing one eye, has glaucoma and cataracts in the other eye and suffers from hip problems.

Favorites:

Food: Pasta (with my friend Tom Bates' homemade sauce)
Movies: "As Good As it Gets," "Casablanca"
Books: "A Prayer for Owen Meany," "The Canterbury Tales"
Musical Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Sports: We like the Blue Jackets, and of course the Buckeyes.
NBC Show: "Law and Order: SVU"