Kenny Cooper is a WHYY News multiplatform reporter covering Chester and Delaware counties. He joined WHYY in November 2020. Kenny, a Montgomery County native, graduated in 2020 from Temple University with a BA in journalism and political science.
Prior to WHYY, he covered Pennsylvania state politics through an Election SOS fellowship at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. In early 2020, Kenny was selected to be a participant in the POLITICO Journalism Institute. He has interned at numerous news outlets, including CNN, NBC News & MSNBC, NBC Sports Philadelphia, and FOX 29.
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New rental housing coalition forms in Delaware County
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3 years ago
ChristianaCare to reopen Jennersville as a ‘micro-hospital’ in late 2024
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Delaware County law enforcement plans to build a ‘real-time crime center’
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3 years ago
Listen 1:10Parts of Delaware County could soon lose emergency medical services
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Crozer Health lays off 215 people as part of ‘operational restructuring plan’
The four-hospital system in Delaware County is in worsening financial shape and has been struggling to pay its bills and contractors.
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Temple faculty still deciding on ‘no confidence’ vote
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