Marcia Coyle

Marcia Coyle

DC, US
Correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Washington Bureau chief for the National Law Journal

Marcia Coyle is the Washington Bureau chief and Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal.  She is also a regular contributor on all legal issues presented on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

She has been with National Law Journal since 1987.  Previously, she has covered state and national politics and government for the Allentown Call-Chronicle newspapers for nearly a decade.

Ms. Coyle earned her bachelor’s degree from Hood College, a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

She is a contributing author to “A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court” and has had articles published in The New York Times Sunday Book Review, Vogue, and Ms. Magazines, among others.

Her work has earned her the George Polk Award for legal reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for outstanding investigative reporting, the Scripps Howard Nieman Award for environmental reporting and other national journalism awards.

Marcia Coyle is the Washington Bureau chief and Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal.  She is also a regular contributor on all legal issues presented on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

She has been with National Law Journal since 1987.  Previously, she has covered state and national politics and government for the Allentown Call-Chronicle newspapers for nearly a decade.

Ms. Coyle earned her bachelor’s degree from Hood College, a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

She is a contributing author to “A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court” and has had articles published in The New York Times Sunday Book Review, Vogue, and Ms. Magazines, among others.

Her work has earned her the George Polk Award for legal reporting, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for outstanding investigative reporting, the Scripps Howard Nieman Award for environmental reporting and other national journalism awards.