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Helene Cooper
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Helene Cooper

Helene Cooper is the White House correspondent for the New York Times, having previously served as the diplomatic correspondent and the assistant editorial page editor. Prior to moving to the Times, Helene spent twelve years as a reporter and foreign correspondent at the Wall Street Journal. She was born in Monrovia, Liberia, and lives in the Washington, D.C., area.

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Media Bistro, March 22, 2012
...Bee by Chris Cleave, The Spellman Files series by Lisa Lutz and The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper. In other revolving door news, Marisa Russell will join Penguin Young Readers Group as publicity manager. Prior to this appointment, Russell served...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 24, 2012
...reading series. On Saturday, March 10, from 1 to 3 p.m., there will be a discussion of Helene Cooper's "The House at Sugar Beach." On Saturday, April 21, from 1 to 3 p.m, the community will discuss "Cane" by Jean Toomer. Ms. Amos credits Denise...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 23, 2012
...reading series. On Saturday, March 10, from 1 to 3 p.m., there will be a discussion of Helene Cooper's "The House at Sugar Beach." On Saturday, April 21, from 1 to 3 p.m, the community will discuss "Cane" by Jean Toomer. Ms. Amos credits Denise...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 22, 2012
...reading series. On Saturday, March 10, from 1 to 3 p.m., there will be a discussion of Helene Cooper's "The House at Sugar Beach." On Saturday, April 21, from 1 to 3 p.m, the community will discuss "Cane" by Jean Toomer. Ms. Amos credits Denise...
Baltimore Sun, February 15, 2012
...the program. So I reluctantly recommended against it. The group named three finalilsts: " by Steven Galloway, by Helene Cooper, and " by Diane Ackerman. A fourth, Julia Alvarezs " will also be considered. The final selection will come next month. If you...
New Hyde Park Patch, February 15, 2012
...February 15, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm–8:00 pm The House at Sugar Beach – A Memoir by Helene Cooper The true story of a Liberian family born to wealth and power who fled Africa after the 1980 coup – forcing them to abandon the foster child they had...
The Week Magazine, November 11, 2011
...The former Newsweek editor recommends the life stories of journalists Joan Didion, Joseph Lelyveld, and Helene Cooper Mukiwa by Peter Godwin (Grove, $16). This memoir by a white reporter from Zimbabwe is both a moving coming-of-age tale and a compelling...
Washington Post, March 2, 2012
...a negative ruling from ISDA." 4) Obama renewed his push to eliminate oil and gas subsidies, report Helene Cooper and Jonathan Weisman: "With his re-election fate increasingly tied to the price Americans are paying at the gas pump, President Obama asked...
New York Times, March 2, 2012
...re-election prospects inextricably tied to gas prices, he is and to encourage the development of alternative energy sources, Helene Cooper writes. Republicans say that cutting the subsidies would be unhelpful and might make gas more expensive.Around the...
New York Times, March 2, 2012
...re-election prospects inextricably tied to gas prices, he is and to encourage the development of alternative energy sources, Helene Cooper writes. Republicans say that cutting the subsidies would be unhelpful and might make gas more expensive. Around the...
Tuscaloosa News, March 2, 2012
...the older grads, further proof of the strength of Crystal?s program. Equally fine are Winder as the confused Helene, Cooper McKelroy as her too-much-kissin? cousin Bobin, and Jessica Berzack, very funny and in fine voice as the wronged woman Clara....
New York Times, March 1, 2012
...absent from the partisan bickering has been the role tensions over Iran have played in the price rise. Helene Cooper reported from Nashua, and Jonathan Weisman from Washington. Ashley Parker contributed reporting from Fargo, N.D...
New York Times, March 1, 2012
...to bite, neither Democrats nor Republicans want to discuss the collateral damage being done to the American economy. Helene Cooper reported from Nashua, N.H., and Steven R. Weisman from Washington. Ashley Parker contributed reporting from Fargo, N.D...
The Atlantic Wire, March 1, 2012
...both sides of the political arena. In a recent article in The New York Times, Jennifer Steinhauer and Helene Cooper  pointed out that this fight is one "Democrats are perfectly please to have" -- "with the cameras running and the microphones on," of...