Media & Journalism
Landmark
Helene Cooper
born 1966
Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Ebola in Liberia
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Why they are here
She fled Monrovia as a child, became a Pentagon correspondent for the New York Times, and shared a Pulitzer for going back to report the Ebola epidemic.
Born in April 1966, Helene Cooper is a Liberian-born American journalist and Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times.
In 2015 she was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for work in Liberia during the Ebola epidemic. Her memoir of growing up in Monrovia, The House at Sugar Beach, was a New York Times bestseller.
In 2015 she was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for work in Liberia during the Ebola epidemic. Her memoir of growing up in Monrovia, The House at Sugar Beach, was a New York Times bestseller.
- Wikipedia — Helene Cooper
- UN Dispatch — Helene Cooper, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and refugee from Liberia
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