Mary Lou Cooper
Features 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.
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Election season is ripe for grifters after your money and personal information
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Following recent FDA approval, new 2024-2025 Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines are rolling out
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New report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate alleges social media platforms enable hate against women in politics
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Women out register and out vote men but lack parity as candidates
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Celebrate July 4th with an Americana quiz from KSFR
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Joey, a highly trained yellow lab, works with NM law enforcement to find evidence of internet crimes against kids.
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A new unit at the NM Department of Justice investigates unsolved homicides
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Summer travel tips from the American Automobile Association
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Nursery owner Lynn Payne talks with KSFR about the do's and don'ts of spring gardening.
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Beware scammers who solicit teenage boys in order to blackmail them