Collette Richards is an American journalist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is an associate producer and investigative unit reporter at CNN. ^[1] [4][2]

Richards graduated from Georgia State University in 2015 with a Bachelor's degree in journalism. She also studied Georgia Regents University.

She began her journalism career in June 2015 interning at CNN as a Southeastern intern.

She later joined Dr. Drew On Call in October 2015 as a production assistant. ^[undefined]