Karina Cooper is news director for the Northern Advocate
Karina Cooper is news director at the Northern Advocate based in Whangārei. Inspired by a lifetime of growing up in Northland, she ventured off to the Waikato Institute of Technology to gain a Bachelor of Media Arts majoring in communication and a post-graduate diploma in journalism which gave her the tools to tell the region’s stories. Karina’s career began at the community newspaper, The Whangārei Report, back in 2010. In her first year as a professional journalist, she won APN’s best junior reporter. She continues to uphold those high standards as she has moved into the more fast-paced world of news and as she leads a team of reporters. She has an interest in an array of topics but at the end of the day her favourite stories are always the ones with people at the heart of them. You can contact Karina at karina.cooper@nzme.co.nz.
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