Barbara Novak Marshall (March 5, 1944 – February 22, 2009) was an American television broadcast journalist and politician.
Marshall was known throughout Hawaii for a long career as an investigative journalist, consumer advocate, documentary filmmaker, news anchor and reporter for KHON-TV television station.
Marshall transported her career to Honolulu in 1979, working for 23 years as reporter, news anchor and producer for channel 2 KHON.
She won awards for two documentaries: One on the eruption of the Kilauea volcano, and another on the life of Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
[citation needed] In 2002, she won a seat on the Honolulu City Council in her first attempt at elective office.