CNN Names Their White House Correspondent

CNN has announced that prime-time host Kaitlan Collins will serve as CNN’s chief White House correspondent.

This isn’t Collins’s first time serving as a Chief White House correspondent.

In 2021, Collins became CNN’s youngest chief White House correspondent in 2021.

CNN shared in a press release, “Kaitlan Collins is the perfect person to lead coverage of the new Trump White House, even as she continues to anchor her key primetime show , The Source.”

“Kaitlan is a political journalist of real depth and tenacity who already boasts an amazing record of scoops and exclusive interviews,” added CNN.

Congratulations to @kaitlancollins on her new role as CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent! Read more here:https://t.co/Um8xjVtjQ3 pic.twitter.com/k1Mhjz3WdV

— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) November 26, 2024

Per Mediaite:

CNN announced Tuesday that prime-time host Kaitlan Collins will also serve as chief White House correspondent — in a move that will see her become the first CNN anchor to simultaneously hold both high-profile roles.

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Collins is no stranger to the White House beat after serving as CNN’s youngest-ever chief White House correspondent in 2021. Now she is poised to return to cover the incoming Trump administration.

After stepping away from the role in 2022 to co-host the CNN morning show, she transitioned to prime time in 2023 with The Source with Kaitlan Collins.

“Kaitlan is a political journalist of real depth and tenacity who already boasts an amazing record of scoops and exclusive interviews,” said CNN Chairman Mark Thompson. “I’m excited to see what new heights she scales as she combines this key new posting with her duties as a major CNN anchor.”

CNN names Kaitlan Collins Chief White House Correspondent for the Trump presidency.
It should be noted that the last time Kaitlan and CNN’s objectivity was brought into question hundreds of the leftist of the left New York City progressives burst into hysterical laughter pic.twitter.com/ZDhD4jykLK

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) November 26, 2024

Per CNN press release:

In an unprecedented and expanded new role, Kaitlan Collins has been named Anchor and Chief White House Correspondent by CNN. Collins will continue to anchor her weekday 9pm program, The Source with Kaitlan Collins, while also contributing her signature reporting on President-elect Trump’s second administration across all of CNN’s digital, television and streaming platforms.

“Kaitlan Collins is the perfect person to lead coverage of the new Trump White House, even as she continues to anchor her key primetime show The Source,” said CNN Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson. “Kaitlan is a political journalist of real depth and tenacity who already boasts an amazing record of scoops and exclusive interviews. I’m excited to see what new heights she scales as she combines this key new posting with her duties as a major CNN anchor.”

Throughout her career, Collins has consistently demonstrated a track record of exclusive reporting and news making interviews, breaking numerous scoops in the weeks since the election alone.

Since launching The Source, Collins has conducted a parade of headline- grabbing interviews, including with Secretary Hillary Clinton, Vice President-elect JD Vance, Attorney Marc Agnifilo, Former Attorney General William Barr, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Trump’s criminal defense attorneys, GOP presidential candidates and more. In May 2023, Collins also moderated CNN’s live Republican Presidential Town Hall with former President Donald Trump, which was his first town hall-style event of the 2024 presidential campaign.