Editing Carol Lin

{{short description|American journalist}}
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| 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 />
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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.

==Early life==
Lin was born to parents Hsi Chuan Chen and Po Chen Lin.<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>

Lin, after graduating from Los Angeles John Marshall High School in 1986, earned a bachelor's degree in history from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]].<ref name="CNN-college">{{cite web |title=College Week: Safety on Campus; Life After College |url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0108/28/lad.03.html |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=June 5, 2021 |date=August 28, 2001}}</ref>

==Career==
Early in her career, Lin served as a weekend news anchor for [[KTTV]] in [[Los Angeles]] where she worked in the Special Undercover Investigations Unit. She started her reporting career at the Washington, D.C., bureau of CONUS Communications, where she covered the [[presidency of Ronald Reagan]].

===ABC News===
In the 1990s, Lin reported for ABC News, where she served as a national correspondent and substitute anchor for ''[[Good Morning America]]'' and also reported for ''[[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight with Peter Jennings]]''. While with ABC News, Lin's major stories included national reports on the [[Montana Freemen|Montana Freeman]] standoff, the [[Ted Kaczynski|Unabomber]] arrest, the North Dakota floods, and the [[Death of JonBenét Ramsey|JonBenet Ramsey]] murder case.

===CNN===
From 1998 to December 30, 2006, Lin served as a news anchor and correspondent for CNN and was based in the network's worldwide headquarters in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. During her time at CNN, Lin anchored several news programs, including ''CNN Early Edition'', ''CNN Live at Daybreak'', the weekend editions of ''CNN Newsroom'', and the former news-magazine program ''CNN NewsStand''. She covered several major news stories during this time, including the impeachment trial of President [[Bill Clinton]], the 1999 [[Columbine High School massacre|shootings at Columbine High School]], the fall of the [[Taliban]] in [[Afghanistan]] in 2001, and the 2002 rescue of nine miners in Somerset, Pennsylvania, who were trapped for 77 hours.

Lin reported live from [[New York City]]'s [[Times Square]] as part of CNN's worldwide Millennium night coverage on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999.

She played an integral role in CNN's [[2000 United States presidential election|Election 2000]] coverage, anchoring live from the New Hampshire Primary,<ref>{{cite web|date=January 29, 2000|title=CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Poll Shows New Hampshire Primary Draws Little National Attention - January 29, 2000|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0001/29/smn.11.html|website=Transcripts.cnn.com|accessdate=November 27, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225026/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0001/29/smn.11.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and from the Democratic Convention from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 13, 2000|title=CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Democratic National Convention: 'Time For Kids' Reporter Talks About Politics From Younger Perspective - August 13, 2000|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/13/sm.11.html|website=Transcripts.cnn.com|accessdate=November 27, 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180650/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/13/sm.11.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lin also interviewed many of the key players during the Florida vote recount, including Florida Governor [[Jeb Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|date=May 9, 2001|title=CNN.com - Transcripts|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0105/09/lad.06.html|website=Transcripts.cnn.com|accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref>

Lin traveled the world to report on numerous breaking news stories for CNN, including the rebuilding of [[Kosovo]]. She also traveled to Jerusalem during the [[siege of Bethlehem]] to cover tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ltm/date/2002-05-09/segment/07 |title=CNN.com - Transcripts |website=CNN |date=May 9, 2002 |access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref>

====September 11 attacks====
Lin was the first television anchor to break the news of the [[September 11 attacks]] to a worldwide audience. It was three minutes after the attacks began in [[New York City]] that CNN interrupted a [[Ditech]] TV commercial at 8:49&nbsp;a.m. EST with a live picture of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]]'s north tower on fire and Lin reporting from [[CNN Center]] in [[Atlanta]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/bn/date/2001-09-11/segment/01|title=CNN.com - Transcripts |website=CNN |date=September 11, 2001 |access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref>

<blockquote>Yeah. This just in. You are looking at obviously a very disturbing live shot there. That is the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]], and we have unconfirmed reports this morning that a plane has crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. [[CNN Center]] right now is just beginning to work on this story, obviously calling our sources and trying to figure out exactly what happened, but clearly something relatively devastating happening this morning there on the south end of the island of Manhattan. That is once again, a picture of one of the towers of the World Trade Center.</blockquote>

Less than two months after Lin reported the news of the September 11 attacks, she traveled to [[Pakistan]] to report on numerous topics for CNN, including [[Afghan refugees]] in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/smn/date/2001-11-03/segment/10 |title=CNN.com - Transcripts |website=CNN |date=November 3, 2001 |access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref>

===Later career===
In 2007, Lin became a visiting lecturer at the [[USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism]].<ref name = Johnson>{{cite news|title = The First Images Of 9/11: Carol Lin Talks About Anchoring For CNN When News Broke – And How It Changed Journalism And Her Life And Career|url = https://deadline.com/2021/09/9-11-carol-lin-cnn-anchor-first-report-1234828753/|work = [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date = September 9, 2021|accessdate = September 11, 2021|last = Johnson|first = Ted}}</ref>

In 2012, Lin joined the [[Los Angeles County Probation Department]] as a spokesperson. In 2015, she moved to the [[Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]] to direct their strategic communications unit.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=560227692268625920|user=carollinreports|title=#LACProbation thank you for 2 and half great years and for awesome party #LASD here I come!<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> In 2018, due to a change in administration, she took a position as senior advisor to the chief executive officer of Los Angeles County.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sheriff-20181128-story.html|title=Numerous top L.A. County sheriff's officials will be fired or relieved of duty once Alex Villanueva is sworn in; new staff named|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> Lin retired from the county in 2021.<ref name = Johnson/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Carol L. Dowling, retired 08-31-2021|url=https://lacera.com/sites/default/files/assets/documents/board/2021/BOR/2021-09-01_bor_agenda.pdf|url-status=live|website=LACERA September 1 board agenda|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906053158/https://lacera.com/sites/default/files/assets/documents/board/2021/BOR/2021-09-01_bor_agenda.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2021 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
Lin's journalism had been praised by numerous media critics, including Jon Friedman of [[MarketWatch]], who cited how she handled the news of the death of her former ABC News colleague [[Peter Jennings]]. Friedman first noted "CNN distinguished itself by sticking to the story and giving a balanced picture of Jennings' career -- thanks in large part to Lin's composure," and went on to write that Lin "was steady, thoughtful and, most of all, reliable -- the essential quality for any journalist working under pressure."<ref name="usnews2007">{{cite web |url=http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2007/10/19/ex-cnners-team-to-help-fight-cancer.html |title=Ex-CNNers Team to Help Fight Cancer - Washington Whispers (Usnews.com) |website=www.usnews.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028055339/http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2007/10/19/ex-cnners-team-to-help-fight-cancer.html |archive-date=28 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lin has been honored with numerous awards for her work, including three Los Angeles Press Club Awards. Lin was also the first recipient of the National IMAGE Award by the [[Organization of Chinese Americans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alumni.ucla.edu/stories/carol-lin-84/ |title=Carol Lin '84 - UCLA Alumni |website=Alumni.ucla.edu |date=May 22, 2015 |accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lin's husband, William Robinson,<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/bSQXhvSl_e0| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSQXhvSl_e0| title = My Bridge 4 Life - Carol Lin Testimonial | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> an eight-time Emmy Award-winning news producer,<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|last=Lin |first=Carol |url=http://www.workingmother.com/2006/9/home/carol-lin |title=Carol Lin |publisher=Working Mother |date=September 13, 2006 |accessdate=November 27, 2016}}</ref> died of cancer in 2003. They had one child, who attended the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and studied Art Practice and Media Studies, with a minor in Journalism. In February 2009, Lin married Mike Dowling, then UCLA assistant athletic director of operations.<ref>[http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/carol-lin-on-her-new-life-its-a-miracle/24044} ]{{dead link|date=November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/miss-darling/albums/72157614175651026|title=Carol and Mike's Wedding|website=Flickr|date=February 18, 2009|access-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110224204748/http://carollinreports.com/ CarolLinReports.com]

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