Austin Jenkins, along with 

Jerry Cornfield of the Everett Herald, 

Joe O'Sullivan of the Seattle Times,

and Jim Camden of the Spokesman Review, 

will educate and entertain us with an Olympia legislative review and then look into their crystal balls to tell us what the upcoming legislative session will hold.  

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Since January 2004, Austin Jenkins has been the Olympia-based political reporter for the Northwest News Network. In that position, Austin covers Northwest politics and public policy as well as the Washington State legislature.

You can also see Austin on television as host of TVW's (the C–SPAN of Washington State) Emmy-nominated public affairs program "Inside Olympia."

Prior to joining the Northwest News Network, Austin worked as a television reporter in Seattle, Portland and Boise. Austin is a graduate of Garfield High School in Seattle and Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. Austin’s reporting has been recognized with awards from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, Public Radio News Directors Incorporated and the Society of Professional Journalists.