Rene Marsh
Aviation and government regulation correspondent
Rene Marsh is CNN's aviation and government regulation correspondent, based in the network's Washington bureau.
Rene Marsh is CNN's aviation and government regulation correspondent, based in the network's Washington bureau. In this position, Marsh reports on all issues related to aviation and transportation - from safety and security to passenger issues. In addition, Marsh covers government regulation. In this role she will examine how the federal government and its policies impacts American lives.
Marsh joined the network in 2012. Since joining CNN she has reported on several high profile assignments including the disappearance of commercial passenger plane, MH370. Marsh also covered the shoot down of MH17 over Ukraine. It was Marsh who broke the news with her exclusive report that Dutch crash investigators had determined a Russian Missile brought down the passenger plane and evidence suggested pro Russian rebels were responsible. During her tenure at CNN Marsh also reported on the ill-fated Asiana flight 214, the U.S Supreme Court Affordable Care Act and same sex marriage decisions. In addition, she covered several breaking news stories, including the death of 25 year old Baltimore man, Freddie Gray, who died in police custody.
Prior to CNN, Marsh was a general assignment correspondent for WSVN in Miami, Florida, covering breaking news, local politics, education and sports. 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.