PERSON: Kaitlan Collins

The Source

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Kaitlan Collins (born April 7, 1992) is an American journalist who is a news anchor on CNN. She is the former co-anchor of CNN This Morning. She has hosted The Source at 9 P.M. since July 2023. She also served as the network’s Chief White House Correspondent from January 2021 until November 2022. Previously, she was the White House correspondent for the website The Daily Caller.

Kaitlan Collins was born in Prattville, Alabama. She grew up with four siblings. Her father, Jeff Collins Sr., is a mortgage banker. She says that her parents taught her that “the political system in the U.S. is a failed one” and that she does not recall them voting or expressing strong opinions about political candidates.

Collins graduated from Prattville High School and went on to attend the University of Alabama. She initially chose to major in chemistry, before majoring in journalism. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and journalism in May 2014. Collins was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.

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