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The Gracies Interview Series provides access to winners who speak on their experience and the impact that winning a Gracie has had on their career. The latest session features CNN Anchor and Chief Investigative Correspondent Pamela Brown with René Marsh, CNN National Correspondent. The video is available below as well on the AWM YouTube channel through June 10th. After that time, it will only be available to AWM Members through the Knowledge Center. Please email info@allwomeninmedia.org with questions. Please email info@allwomeninmedia.org with questions.

Pamela Brown is a multi-award-winning CNN anchor and chief investigative correspondent, who currently anchors The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown weekdays from 10a to 12pET.

As CNN’s chief investigative correspondent, Brown led the network’s investigative team when it exposed decades of coordinated sexual assault cover-ups within the U.S. Coast Guard. The series led to multiple congressional inquiries into the pattern of ignored misconduct, the resignation of a top official and a scathing USCG internal review vowing change. It also earned Brown and her team multiple awards, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award, the National Headliner award, and an award from the Center for Integrity in News Reporting for being an “example of impartial, objective and fair news reporting.” Since joining CNN in 2013, Brown has also received Emmy nominations for her work exposing the Coast Guard cover-ups, her reporting on the Pulse nightclub shooting and the Manchester concert attack.

Previously, Brown served as anchor of CNN Newsroom weekdays at 11aET, weekend primetime anchor, as well as CNN’s senior Washington correspondent after serving on the network’s voting integrity team covering the historic 2020 election. Prior to that, she was the Senior White House correspondent where she covered former President Donald Trump and his administration for all of the network’s programs and platforms. Brown’s reporting on the Trump administration covered key moments such as the special counsel’s investigation into former President Donald Trump’s campaign, two impeachment proceedings, the Covid pandemic, the controversial travel ban and child separation policies, and the firing of FBI Director James Comey. Prior to that, Brown served as CNN’s Justice Correspondent with a focus on law enforcement, national security, and the U.S. Supreme Court, covering landmark decisions like the legalization of same-sex marriage. Brown has traveled the world reporting on some of the biggest global news stories, including in France, England, Denmark, Germany, Ireland and Japan. She has also conducted several high profile interviews, including with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she was the Democratic presidential nominee, as well as former Vice President Mike Pence when he was in office.

Brown began her career at ABC7/WJLA-TV and NewsChannel8 in Washington D.C., where she became a Sunday evening anchor and a special projects reporter covering several national and international stories. Brown was one of the few local journalists to travel to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in January 2010 and later returned on her own to report on the rebuilding process in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas.

Brown grew up in Lexington, KY and holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in broadcast journalism. In 2023, Brown completed a Master of Studies in Law degree from George Washington University. She is the mother of 3 kids and currently serves on the Associate Board of Hope for Henry which provides joyful experiences and scientifically tested treatment support for pediatric patients battling life threatening illnesses.

René Marsh is a national correspondent for CNN, based in the network’s Washington bureau.

Marsh joined CNN in 2012. Since joining CNN, she has reported on several high profile assignments including an exclusive investigation into the nation’s largest credit union, Navy Federal Credit Union. The investigation found that Navy Federal had the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers of any major lender.

Marsh’s time at CNN has taken her to “The Top of The World” to report firsthand on the effects of climate change on Greenland’s melting ice sheets and the impact on communities a world away.

Marsh has also reported in subzero temperatures from the northern desert of Nevada on efforts to transition the nation to green energy by mining for lithium in the depths of an extinct volcano. Marsh has reported on waste fraud and abuse across federal government agencies. Under the Trump administration Marsh was the first to report on the unprecedented security apparatus put in place to protect EPA administrator Scott Pruitt; from the large number of agents in his round the clock security detail to biometric security technology installed at the agency. Marsh broke several stories surrounding Housing and Urban Development’s purchase of a $31,000 dining set.

Prior to CNN, Marsh was a general assignment correspondent for WSVN in Miami, Florida, covering breaking news, local politics, and education. She also worked as an investigative reporter and weekend anchor at CBS 6 in Albany, New York. Marsh started her career as a reporter and anchor at KTAL in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Marsh graduated with honors from Binghamton University and earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

If you have a suggested topic of speaker for a future interview, please email info@allwomeninmedia.org.

Gracies Interview Series Archive

About The Gracies Interview Series

While loved by millions, few knew the real Gracie Allen as she was always in character when in public. The Gracies Interview Series, presented by NCTA – The Internet and Television Association, serves to strip away the persona and share the grit and wisdom of today’s media professionals. The Alliance for Women in Media has interviewed women and men in media across every industry and job function who have blazed trails for those to come. 

If you have someone to suggest for a future Gracies Interview Series, we would love to hear from you. Please send ideas to info@allwomeninmedia.org.

Past Gracies Interview Series Guests:

  • Suzanne Rico, Award-Winning Journalist, Writer, and Podcaster
  • Katie Couric, Award-Winning Journalist and Founder of Katie Couric Media
  • Colleen Wheelahan, Morning Host on SiriusXM Symphony Hall and Host of Evening Classics on WUOL-FM, and Laura Atkinson, Host at Louisville Public Media
  • Julia Whelan, Author, Screenwriter, Actor, and Acclaimed Audiobook Narrator
  • Claudia Uceda, Congressional Correspondent with Univision Network News
  • Katrina B, Producer for Nessa On Air on HOT97
  • Emily Turner, Anchor & reporter with Action News Jax
  • Melissa Gibbs, Director of Journalism News Lab, Brigham Young University School of Communications and BYU graduates and Gracie Award winners Aubree B. Jennings, Alexa Elliott Johnson, and Anna LaTour Youngs
  • Jessica Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs, Co-Founders of Lemonada Media
  • Deborah Parenti, President & Publisher, Radio Ink, RBR, and TVBR
  • Jess Morales Rocketto and Stephanie Valencia, Founders of the Latino Media Network
  • Beverly Chase, VP, Current Programming & Development and EP & Showrunner, VICE on Showtime
  • Chesley Maddox-Dorsey, CEO of A Wonder Media Group, LLC (AURN – American Urban Radio and SupeRadio)
  • Paula A. Kerger, President & CEO, PBS
  • Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairwoman of URBAN ONE, Inc.
  • Julie Talbott, President, Premiere Networks
  • Jessica Cordova Kramer, CEO, Lemonada Media
  • Marcia Cruz, VP Content Acquisition Latam, Vrio Corp.
  • Susan Larkin, Chief Operating Officer, Entercom
  • Jill Frederickson, Senior Vice President, Production & Content Strategy, ESPN
  • Dr. Susan R. Bailey, M.D., President of the American Medical Association (AMA)
  • Julie Moos, Executive Director, National Press Club Journalism Institute
  • Jason Bailey, President, Sun Broadcast Group and AWM Honorary Trustee
  • Vicki Lins, President & CEO, CTAM
  • Elaina Smith (Nights with Elaina Host)
  • Nicole Schuman & Seth Arenstein, PR News Editors
  • Annie Howell, Founder & Managing Partner, The Punch Point Group
  • Michelle Rice, General Manager, TV One
  • Mike McVay, President, McVay Media
  • Elizabeth Smart, Author, Founder of the “Elizabeth Smart Foundation” and Children’s Advocate
  • Libby Geist, Vice President & Executive Vice President, EPSN Films and Original Content
  • Shayna Sharpe, CEO of Regional REps Corp.
  • Karen Brodkin, President of Business Affairs and IMG Worldwide
  • Lauren McHale, Vice President and Director of Sales, Katz Sports Marketing
  • Hannah Storm, Award-Winner Journalist, Producer & Director
  • Suzyn Waldman, First Full-Time Female Color Commentator in the Major Leagues
  • Mickey Wilson, Chief Marketing Officer at WideOrbit

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