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Marcia Coyle (born 1952) is an American legal reporter. She covered the United States Supreme Court for The National Law Journal for almost thirty years until retiring from the Journal in 2022.[1] She is a regular contributing reporter to the PBS News Hour on matters concerning the Supreme Court.[1][2]

Early life and education

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Coyle grew up in Pennsylvania.[3] She earned a BA from Hood College,[4] a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.[1][2]

Career

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In 1974, Coyle began working as a journalist for the Call-Chronicle of Allentown, Pennsylvania.[1] She got her start at the paper writing obituaries.[3] She later covered state government and politics, and was based in the state capital of Harrisburg.[3] In 1984, the Call-Chronicle opened a Washington bureau and assigned Coyle to organize and oversee it.[3][5] She was hired by The National Law Journal in 1987[1] and ultimately became the Journal's chief Washington correspondent.[6][7] In the mid-2000s, Coyle began providing news analysis on the U.S. Supreme Court for the PBS News Hour and continued to do so into 2025.[8][9][10] During a segment with Coyle on the April 30, 2025, edition of the News Hour, it was revealed that this appearance would be her final report on the Supreme Court for the program, as she intends to shift more of her time to writing about the court and "spending ... more time with [her] grandchildren".[11]

In 1995, she contributed to the book A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court.[12] In 2013, she authored the book The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution.[13][14]

Coyle retired from The National Law Journal in December 2022.[1]

Awards and honors

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Coyle received the 1992 George Polk Award for Legal Reporting.[15] In November 2000, she received the Toni House Journalism Award from the American Judicature Society for her total body of work.[2][16] In 2021, she received the Gavel Award of the American Judges Association.[17]

Personal

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Coyle married Raymond E. DiBiagio Jr. in May 1984 and sometimes uses the name Marcia Coyle DiBiagio.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Robson, Nate (December 19, 2022). "Veteran Supreme Court Reporter Marcia Coyle Retires". The National Law Journal.
  2. ^ a b c "Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal [biography]" (PDF). University of California, Irvine School of Law. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 9, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Foster, Fran (January 27, 2016). "Coyle to talk about Supreme Court beat". Treasure Coast Newspapers. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "Harlan Lecture – Full Court Press IV: The Supreme Court, the Media, and Public Understanding". The Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University. October 2018. Archived from the original on April 7, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  5. ^ "Call names chief of Harrisburg bureau". The Morning Call. January 13, 1985. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  6. ^ PBS News Hour (June 2010). "PBS NewsHour to Provide Complete Coverage of the Senate Confirmation Hearings for Elena Kagan" (Press release).
  7. ^ "America's Best Colleges: #425 Hood College". Forbes. August 11, 2010. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010.
  8. ^ "The Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals [broadcast segment transcript]". PBS NewsHour. June 29, 2006. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  9. ^ Coyle, Marcia (March 3, 2025). "Why Mexico is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on gun trafficking". PBS News. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  10. ^ "Marcia Coyle". PBS News. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  11. ^ Yang, John (April 30, 2025). "Justices appear divided in Supreme Court case over publicly-funded religious schools [video and transcript of broadcast segment]". PBS News. Archived from the original on May 1, 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
  12. ^ "Books: A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court". Duke University Press. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  13. ^ Rosen, Jeffrey (May 16, 2013). "Book review: 'The Roberts Court' by Marcia Coyle". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  14. ^ Shapiro, Jonathan (September 3, 2013). "Words Matter: Marcia Coyle's 'The Roberts Court'". Los Angeles Review of Books.
  15. ^ Glaberson, William (March 2, 1993). "Recipients Named For the Polk Awards". The New York Times. p. C17.
  16. ^ "Supreme Court Preview: What to Expect From the New Term, September 21–22, 2001". William & Mary Law School. September 21, 2001. Section, "2001–2002 Supreme Court Preview: Who's Who on the Panels". Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  17. ^ "National Law Journal Chief Washington Correspondent, Marcia Coyle, named recipient of the American Judges Association's 2021 Gavel Award". ALM. 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  18. ^ Parkhurst Van Why, Sara "Sally" (Summer 2014). "Class News: Class of 1973". Hood College. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  19. ^ "Connie Coyle Obituary". The Morning Call. October 6, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
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