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Catherine Patricia "Cassie" Mackin (August 28, 1939 – November 20, 1982) was a pioneer woman journalist in United States television network broadcasting. [1] [2] [3] In the early 1970s, she anchored a WRC-TV newscast and in 1972 became NBC's first female correspondent to serve as a floor reporter at the national political conventions.
Nov 21, 1982 · Catherine Mackin, 42, Reporter for ABC News. ... Miss Mackin had previously been with NBC News and in 1972 was the first woman to work as a television reporter on the floor of the Democratic and ...
Nov 21, 1982 · November 21, 1982 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Catherine (Cassie) Mackin, 43, a Washington correspondent for ABC News who was noted for her knowledge of politics and government, died of cancer Nov. 20 at ...
Nov 20, 1982 · At NBC, Ms. Mackin covered Congress and anchored the NBC Sunday Night News. She was political convention floor reporter and Election Night co-anchor in both 1972 and 1976.
Mackin, Catherine (1939–1982)American journalist who was the first woman to serve as a network television floor reporter at the national political conventions . Name variations: Cassie Mackin. Source for information on Mackin, Catherine (1939–1982): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
Mar 1, 2019 · Catherine Mackin reporting from outside the White House in 1973. She won wide acclaim in 1972 as the first woman TV floor reporter to cover both the Democratic and Republican national conventions ...
The Catherine Mackin papers include materials that cover the years 1956 to 1980. The majority of the material documents the period 1971 to 1980. The collection reflects the interests and responsibilities of Catherine Mackin as a political correspondent and reporter for the Hearst News Bureau and two national television news networks.
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