Editing Carol Lin (section)

{{short description|American journalist}}
{{confuse|Carole Lin}}

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| name        = Carol Lin
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| nationality = American
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| education   = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])
| occupation  = Journalist
| known_for   = First national anchor to report [[September 11 attacks]]
| spouse      = William Robinson (died 2003)<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2003/05/william_robinso.php |title=William Robinson Jr., TV news producer was 54 |last=Roderick |first=Kevin |work=LA Observed |date=May 31, 2003 |accessdate=October 17, 2006 |quote=Robinson had been the managing editor at KCBS-TV Channel 2 in the early 1990s and had also worked at KTTV/FOX-TV Channel 11. He won eight Emmy awards during a 22-year television career as a producer and reporter. His wife, Carol Lin, is an anchor and correspondent for CNN. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017163139/http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2003/05/william_robinso.php |archivedate=October 17, 2006 }}</ref><br />
{{marriage|Mike Dowling|2009}}
| children    = 1
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'''Carol Lin''' is an American former journalist, best known as the first national television news anchor to report on the [[September 11 attacks]], reporting for [[CNN]], at 8:49&nbsp;a.m. on the day of the attacks. Lin previously worked as a reporter for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and reported for [[NPR]].<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90791298 |title=Turning Point: Cracking My Family's Mysteries |website=Npr.org |date=May 27, 2008 |accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> She subsequently worked for the [[Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office]] as a communications director and senior advisor.