René Marsh is a national correspondent for CNN, based in the network’s Washington bureau.

Marsh joined CNN in 2012. Since joining CNN, she has reported on several high profile assignments including an exclusive investigation into the nation’s largest credit union, Navy Federal Credit Union. The investigation found that Navy Federal had the widest disparity in mortgage approval rates between White and Black borrowers of any major lender.

Marsh’s time at CNN has taken her to “The Top of The World” to report firsthand on the effects of climate change on Greenland’s melting ice sheets and the impact on communities a world away.

Marsh has also reported in subzero temperatures from the northern desert of Nevada on efforts to transition the nation to green energy by mining for lithium in the depths of an extinct volcano. Marsh has reported on waste fraud and abuse across federal government agencies. Under the Trump administration Marsh was the first to report on the unprecedented security apparatus put in place to protect EPA administrator Scott Pruitt; from the large number of agents in his round the clock security detail to biometric security technology installed at the agency. Marsh broke several stories surrounding Housing and Urban Development’s purchase of a $31,000 dining set.

Prior to CNN, Marsh was a general assignment correspondent for WSVN in Miami, Florida, covering breaking news, local politics, and education. 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.