Courtney Collins
Senior Editor, Project NewsCourtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.
At KERA, Courtney is lead reporter for the series “One Crisis Away,” about life on the financial edge. Courtney has won awards from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors, Texas Medical Association, Houston Press Club and last year received the inaugural consumer financial reporting award presented by the Public Radio News Directors Inc. and the National Endowment for Financial Education. “One Crisis Away” was also recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association and National Endowment for Financial Education for excellence in personal finance reporting.
When she’s not at work, Courtney loves to read and play outdoors with her husband and wild toddler.
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As a father, Marc Wilson had his family firmly in the middle class. Then a drug conviction sent him to prison for seven years. He expects to spend the…
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Autumn at the Dallas Arboretum burst into being over the weekend. From now through Halloween, visitors can catch the mammoth display of pumpkins, squash…
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Close to 1,500 volunteers scattered across North Texas Wednesday to tackle service projects in honor of 9/11.A team dispatched to Rockwall was determined…
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Financial analysts have spent the last several weeks talking about whether a recession is looming.On a recent episode of Think, host Krys Boyd talked with…
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If someone winds up in jail because an unpaid traffic ticket leads to a suspended license and then an arrest warrant, does that mean being poor is, in one…
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Heritage Auctions has a collectible sports jersey up for auction through Saturday. As of Friday afternoon the bid was up to $62,500.Sports junkies and…
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Texas groups are reacting to the Trump administration's plan to significantly expand a rule that penalizes immigrants seeking permanent residency for…
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A stifling heatwave means the Salvation Army has thrown open the doors of cooling stations across North Texas.They're stocked with cold, bottled water,…
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Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles and other big cities have struggled for decades to help solve the issues of urban violence and poverty.On a recent episode of…
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Almost 40% of homes in Texas are rented, and according to a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, finding an affordable one is a…
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Longer trains will soon be cruising down two DART lines. It was announced that the Federal Transit Administration will put $61 million into expanding…