Helene Cooper
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| Helene Cooper | ||
|---|---|---|
| Born | c. 1966 | |
| Birth place | Monrovia, Liberia | |
| Circumstances | ||
| Occupation | diplomatic correspondent | |
| Ethnicity | Liberian | |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal | |
Helene Cooper (born c. 1966) is an American journalist who has been the diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times, based in Washington, since 2006. She joined the Times in 2004 as assistant editorial page editor.
At The Wall Street Journal, Cooper wrote about trade, politics, race and foreign policy at the Washington and Atlanta bureaus from 1992 to 1997. From 1997 to 1999, she reported on the European Monetary Union from the London bureau. From 1999 to 2002, she was a reporter focusing on international economics; then Washington bureau chief from 2002 to 2004.
In 2008, she released a memoir entitled The House at Sugar Beach (published by Simon & Shuster). The memoir is largely about the Liberian coup of 1980 and its effect on the Cooper family.
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[edit] Personal
Cooper was born in Monrovia, Liberia.[1]
[edit] Bibliography
- The House at Sugar Beach. Memoir (2008)
[edit] As Editor
- Pearl, Daniel. At Home in the World. New York: The Free Press, 2002. ISBN 074324317X ISBN 978-0743243179
[edit] Notes
- ^ NNDB entry for Helene Cooper Accessed 21 February 2007.
[edit] Links
- Biography Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2004)
- Recent New York Times articles by Helene Cooper
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