Marsha Cooke is a journalist and television executive serving as vice president and executive producer of ESPN Films, where she also oversees the 30 for 30 documentary film unit. Her work has been recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) including a 2010 Emmy Award for her work on the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric.[1][2]
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Early life and education
editCooke is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, and grew up in the Bronx borough in New York City.[3] She is a 1987 graduate of Temple University, where she is also a recipient of the Lew Klein Media Award, and a 2018 inductee into Temple's Alumni Hall of Fame and Gallery of Success.[4]
Career
editCooke joined CBS News in 1993 as a news producer, and worked for 24 years with the network. She was CBS News's first Black Asia Bureau Chief.[4]
Cooke's first position at CBS News was news producer in the Los Angeles bureau. Over the course of her CBS News career her positions included producer for CBS Evening News With Dan Rather, senior broadcast producer for CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, and news producer in Tokyo and Beijing from 2006 to 2013.[5] Cooke's work with CBS News earned four News & Documentary Emmy nominations, winning the 2010 award for "Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast"[6] for the "Financial Family Tree" segment. In 2016, Cooke was promoted from executive editor of content at CBSN to vice president of news services overseeing Newspath, a CBS News satellite news gathering organization.[7]
In 2018, Cooke left CBS for the position of senior vice president of content and community strategy at VICE Media Group,.[8] In this role, she oversaw the development of special news and entertainment projects across VMG. During her time at VICE, she was also a leader of IMPACT, a branch of VMG focused on social good and responsibility initiatives. In her final year at VICE, Cooke held the position of senior vice president of global news and special projects.
In 2021, Cooke became the vice president and executive producer of ESPN Films.[9] She has produced a variety of film and television projects at ESPN, such as Dickie V and Candace Parker: Unapologetic.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "CBS News Wins 7 Awards at News & Doc Emmys - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "CBS News Top Winner at News & Documentary Emmys; Full List of Winners". TVWeek. September 27, 2010. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Marsha Cooke - 2018 ALUMNI HALL OF FAME HONOREE". Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication - Lew Klein Awards. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ a b Korney, Stephanie (2021-11-29). "Jamaican American Woman Hired as Vice President, Executive Producer of ESPN Films". Jamaicans.com. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ "Paramount Press Express | MARSHA COOKE NAMED VICE PRESIDENT, NEWS SERVICES FOR CBS NEWS". www.paramountpressexpress.com. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Paramount Press Express | MARSHA COOKE NAMED VICE PRESIDENT, NEWS SERVICES FOR CBS NEWS". www.paramountpressexpress.com. 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (2017-12-06). "Vice Hires CBS News' Marsha Cooke, Ex-Tribune Exec Josh Cogswell (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (2021-11-15). "ESPN Seeks to Bolster Documentary Efforts by Hiring Marsha Cooke". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "How to watch Candace Parker: Unapologetic on ESPN". ESPN.com. 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ "Marsha Cooke". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
External links
edit- Marsha Cooke, 2018 Lew Klein Alumni in the Media honoree - Temple University
- Marsha Cooke, Senior VP of Content and Community Strategy, VICE Media - Video interview