Jennifer Collins

Reporter, Marketplace

SHORT BIO

Jennifer Collins is a former reporter for the Marketplace portfolio of programs. Based in Los Angeles, she covered media, retail, the entertainment industry and the West Coast.

Collins joined Marketplace in 2007 as an assistant producer and spent an additional two-and-a-half years directing and producing Marketplace Morning Report.

Collins likes the challenge of preparing for an interview, the thrill of a good conversation and the pleasure of learning something new every day. Prior to Marketplace, Collins reported for newspapers in Oregon, Alabama and Cambodia.

Collins received her bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University and attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, receiving honors in radio. She speaks some Spanish, French, Khmer and Arabic.

A native of Samish Island, Washington, (where Collins drove a farming combine for three summers in high school, harvesting peas) she currently lives in Los Angeles where she can be found scrambling up hillsides and running through the streets, as well as showing movies in her backyard for her neighbors in Hollywood.

Latest Stories (316)

CBS taps Charlie Rose, Gayle King for 'Early Show'

Nov 14, 2011
Rose, a long-time PBS figure, and King, best known for her Oprah connection, will become new regulars on the morning show, The New York Times reports

Tax incentives for vet job growth

Nov 11, 2011
Next week, the House will take up a bill that would offer incentives for employers who hire out-of-work veterans.

Thursday is the new black

Nov 10, 2011
Walmart moved Black Friday up to Thursday night. Some dedicated shoppers must now choose between Thanksgiving dinner and bargain hunting.

Television's new reality show

Nov 8, 2011
Is it a GOP debate or an episode of "Jersey Shore"? It's getting hard to tell.

Attention Walmart shoppers!

Nov 4, 2011
It's just the beginning of November, but Walmart and other retailers are already trying to get a head start on holiday season shopping with a big sale three weeks before Black Friday.

'X Factor' and Twitter team up

Nov 2, 2011
The reality show competition will allow viewers to vote using direct Twitter messages. The show hopes to attract a bigger audience audience, and entice advertisers.

Neiman Marcus a little bit less exclusive

Nov 1, 2011
The high-end department store starts accepting Visa and Mastercard in hopes of attracting a younger, broader customer base.

The business of Halloween

Oct 31, 2011
Some are finding business and money-making opportunities in usually D.I.Y. Halloween festivities.

Volkswagen on course for profitable year

Oct 27, 2011
But could the German automaker be in danger of over-expanding?

Do job fairs work?

Oct 27, 2011
Today, thousands of people are expected to participate in a job fair in one of Southern California's counties hardest-hit by the economic downturn. So how effective are job fairs?