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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A new Yeadon wellness center will eventually serve as Delco Health Department hub
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A holiday card campaign gets more than 1,000 for Delco prisoners to send family
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Montco announces new grant program ‘specifically for the restaurant industry’
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‘They make the public safer’: Upper Darby police to wear body cameras in 2021
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