Kate Collins (journalist)

Kate Collins (born 6 April 1983 in Mount Gambier, South Australia)[1] is an Australian journalist.

Collins currently presents Nine News Adelaide with Brenton Ragless.[1]

Career

Collins studied at Norwood Morialta High School, and later the University of Adelaide, and the University of South Australia.[1] She has also worked as a weekend newsreader at Austereo Radio.[2] She began training as a presenter at C31 Adelaide.

She joined NWS 9 in Adelaide in 2006 as a general reporter for Nine News, and in 2007 began acting as fill-in news presenter on weekends.[1] She replaced Rob Kelvin in 2011.[3]

Collins was formerly the presenter of the now-defunct Adelaide edition of A Current Affair.[4]

Personal life

In August 2014, Collins announced that she was pregnant with her first child and in February 2015 gave birth to a baby boy Harvey. In January 2018, Collins welcomed her second child Eddie.

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References
  1. Channel 9 Adelaide Pty Ltd 2013, Kate Collins, Channel 9 Adelaide Pty Ltd, accessed 26 November 2013, <"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)>
  2. <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kate-collins/35/27/6b9>
  3. Knox 2010, Veteran Adelaide newsreader Rob Kelvin to retire, TV Tonight, accessed 26 November 2013, <http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/11/veteran-adelaide-newsreader-rob-kelvin-to-retire.html>
  4. The Advertiser (2009), Nine opens local Today Show bureau after dumping Adelaide A Current Affair, http://www.couriermail.com.au, accessed 26 November 2013,<http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/nine-opens-local-today-show-bureau-after-dumping-adelaide-a-current-affair/story-e6freon6-1225811676097>
Media offices
Preceded by
Rob Kelvin		 Nine News Adelaide
Weeknight presenter
2011–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Georgina McGuinness (2002)		 A Current Affair
presenter
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Axed
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