Mary Lou Cooper
ReporterMary Lou Cooper reports on consumer issues for KSFR as well as on politics and elder affairs. She has worked for the U.S. Congress as well as for the Nevada and Tennessee legislatures, and remains a political junkie. She worked many years for an association of Western state legislatures and was a contributor to “Capitol Ideas,” a national magazine about state government. In 2016 Cooper received a public service award from the New Mexico Broadcasting Association for her KSFR story on Internet romance scams. She has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and from the National Federation of Press Women. She grew up in Oak Ridge, TN and received her BA from Emory University in Atlanta and her MA from the University of Texas Austin. She also holds fiction and screenwriting certificates from the University of Washington.
email: news@ksfr.org
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FDA/CDC okay new COVID XBB shot for fall of 2023
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WalletHub reports on best and worst places to retire in 2023
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KSFR consumer reporter talks about travel scams with "Scamicide" expert Steve Weisman.
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NM Republicans submitted a slate of fake electors in the 2020 presidential election
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The NM Department of Health is running a campaign to get kids vaccinated as the school year begins.
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NM Weather Guy Predicts summer "nonsoons," not monsoons
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AAA offers travel tips for the Summer of 2023