Richard (Dick) Cooper, (born December 8, 1946) is an American journalist retired from a 28-year career as reporter and editor at ''

The Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', often referred to simply as ''The Inquirer'', is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded on June 1, 1829, ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is the third-longest continuously operating da ...

''. After attending

Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) is a public community college in Grand Rapids, Michigan. History Grand Rapids Junior College was established on September 21, 1914, after University of Michigan faculty passed a resolution encouraging the ...

and graduating from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

in 1969, Cooper joined the ''

Rochester Times-Union The ''Times-Union'' was a daily evening newspaper in the greater Rochester, New York, area for 79 years. It was published as an afternoon daily counterpart to the morning ''Democrat and Chronicle'' under the ownership of Gannett when it ceased op ...

''; there, he and John Machacek won the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

for Local General or Spot News Reporting for their coverage of the

Attica Prison Riots The Attica Prison riot took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings. Of the 43 men who d ...

. He currently lives in

Saint Michaels, Maryland Saint Michaels, also known as St. Michaels, is a town in Talbot County, Maryland, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,094 at th2023 World Population Review Growing at a rate of 1.3% annually, its population hit a peak wi ...

, where he founded Cooper Media Associates and writes for the

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St. Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels. This interactive museum was founded in 1965 on Navy Point, once a site o ...

and other clients. Cooper is an avid sailor and has owned several boats over the years. Currently, he sails

Tusitala ''Tusitala'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1902. The name is Samoan language, Samoan, meaning "writer of stories". It is considered a senior synonym of ''Blaisea''. Species ...

, a

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and is about halfway between L ...

Bermuda 40 yawl with a flag-blue hull, out of Saint Michaels, Maryland.

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Cooper Media Associates
Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism Living people 1946 births Place of birth missing (living people) Michigan State University alumni Grand Rapids Community College alumni 20th-century American journalists American male journalists {{US-journalist-1940s-stub