Michael Collins is the News Sentinel's Washington correspondent. He also writes for Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, where he has been based since 2001.

Before arriving in the nation's capital, Collins was a reporter for The Cincinnati Post and its sister paper, The Kentucky Post in Covington, Ky. He spent five years in Frankfort, Ky., as the state capital bureau chief for The Kentucky Post. He also served as night city editor and editorial writer.

A native of Whitesburg, Ky., Collins earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University, where he was editor of the award-winning student newspaper, the College Heights Herald.