Barbara Marshall Barbara Marshall is a Hawaii journalist and politician . Barbara Marshall ( born March 5 , 1944 ) is an American television broadcast journalist and elected official . She rose to prominence in the state of Hawaii as reporter for KHON , an NBC and later FOX television network affiliate . A native of Berwyn , Illinois , Marshall began her career at KHON only months after arriving in the Hawaiian Islands in 1979 . In 2002 , she ran for a seat on the Honolulu City Council and won . She was reelected to the council seat on September 18 , 2004 . Categories : 1944 births | Living people | Hawaii politicians 