I aim to bring a storyteller’s voice to whatever I write, whether I’m covering a tough social issue, an engaging personality, or a place worth exploring. My credits in print and online include AFAR, American Archeology, CNN, ELLE, Entrepreneur, Glamour, HuffPost, National Geographic, The New York Times, NPR, Pacific Standard, Shondaland, Reader’s Digest, Saveur, Salon, Time, Town & Country, Utne Reader, Vogue, and others. Winner of six national writing awards and a finalist in additional competitions. Browse my portfolio at www.andreacooper.us .
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Print and online in AFAR, CNN, ELLE, HuffPost, The New York Times, NPR, Shondaland, Sierra, and many others.
Awards, Honors, Appointments
American Jewish Press Association for best article that year on North American Jewish history, published in Jewish Telegraphic Agency and republished in The Forward, The Times of Israel, and The Jerusalem Post
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Article/Food & Drink from ASJA for story appearing in Roads & Kingdoms, republished in The Guardian
Gene Stuart Award from the Society of American Archaeology for the best story on archaeology that year, published in American Archaeology
First Place, ASJA – two consecutive years in the personal essay category for essays published in Salon.com
The Maggie Award from Planned Parenthood for Exceptional Women’s Healthcare Coverage. Story published in Redbook
Winner, Profile category, from National Federation of Press Women. Story published in Neurology Now
As author, unless indicated otherwise.
A profile of North Carolina’s lieutenant governor, his controversial social media presence, his campaign to lead North Carolina, and what it means for the state and the nation.
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Nondenominational “spiritual companions” offer to connect clients to the divine in their everyday life.
The MacArthur Foundation fellow talks about why she’s spent 50 years fighting for human rights and what’s next for her movement.
Greg and Subrina Colliers’ BayHaven Food & Wine Festival is amplifying Black culinarians.
After years of legal contests, federal officials are poised to reintroduce more red wolves to the wild.
Can caviar from North Carolina stand up to the cheaper Chinese product? A local farm tries to get Americans to bite.
Honorable Mention, Outstanding Article Food & Drink, ASJA
Forgetful and prone to distraction, one writer set out to uncover the cause of her mental mayhem and found a large number of women unwittingly suffering from ADHD.
Disinformation is degrading our democracy. Smithies are striving to shore it up.
I write narratives for Healthy Headlines, a news service from Novant Health in North Carolina. My stories often involve complex cases.
This one earned more than 3,000 Facebook shares. The trooper survived after 20 minutes of CPR. A hundred state troopers gathered in the hospital waiting room to support their colleague's pregnant wife.
