VITALS
Joined WCCO: 2008
Hometown: Worthington, Minnesota
Alma Mater: Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale/Wichita State University

FAVORITES
Music: Country
Movie: Good Night, and Good Luck.
TV Show: WCCO 4 News (Brownie points?)
Book: Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
Food: Chicken wings
Local Restaurant: Pizzeria Lola (not for their chicken wings)
Hidden MN Gem: Park Point Beach in Duluth
Sport/Exercise: Yoga
Historical Figure: Does Don Shelby count?
Favorite Minnesotan: Sweet Martha (a.k.a. Martha Olson)
Quote: “The news is not about the newscaster it’s about the people who make it.” — Bob Schieffer
Word: Laugh
Vacation Spot: Okoboji, Iowa
Holiday: Christmas
Planet: Earth, I see no reason to leave

THIS OR THAT
Facebook or Twitter? Facebook
Cats or Dogs? Dogs
Beatles or Rolling Stones? Beatles
Comedy or Tearjerker? Tearjerker
Phone Call or Text Message? Phone Call
Mac or PC? Mac
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Paper or Plastic? Paper
Morning Person or Night Person? Night
East Coast or West Coast? West
Star Trek or Star Wars? Any other choices?
‘Grey Duck’ or ‘Goose’? Grey Duck

 Liz Collin made her broadcast debut covering a tornado that touched down in southwest Minnesota at a small radio station. She was in high school and it wasn’t pretty.

Since those radio days in her hometown of Worthington, Minnesota, she’s held producing, investigative reporting and anchoring positions at TV stations around the country.

In the last decade, Liz’s stories at WCCO have helped shape Minnesota public policy. Daycare centers must now have more trained CPR staff following her series about a little girl who choked to death at a Mankato daycare. Minneapolis added more 911 dispatchers after her stories highlighting wait times as long as 3 minutes, contributing to at least one death.

From chronicling a Stillwater family’s fight with Alzheimer’s, to asking the hard questions after it took months to arrest Hennepin County’s most prolific heroin dealer, Liz’s Emmy-award winning reports and newscasts have helped move Minnesota forward. The work that matters most to her.

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