page_title: Catherine Mackin
hierarchical_section_title: Catherine Mackin
caption_attribution_description: English: Cassie Mackin at the 1976 Democratic National Convention
context_page_description: Catherine Patricia "Cassie" Mackin was a pioneer woman journalist in United States television network broadcasting. In the early 1970s she anchored a WRC-TV newscast and in 1972 became NBC's first female correspondent to serve as a floor reporter at the national political conventions. In 1976, she became the first woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone.
context_section_description: Catherine Patricia "Cassie" Mackin (August 28, 1939 – November 20, 1982) was a pioneer woman journalist in United States television network broadcasting.  In the early 1970s she anchored a WRC-TV newscast and in 1972 became NBC's first female correspondent to serve as a floor reporter at the national political conventions. In 1976, she became the first woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone.
caption: Mackin reports at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
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