Julia Cooper
Monroe County Bureau ReporterJulia Cooper reports on all things Florida Keys and South Dade for WLRN.
Before joining the team full-time, she was WLRN’s Fall 2023 Intern and graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s in Journalism and minor in Women’s Studies.
During her time at UF, she served as an audio producer and multimedia journalist for WUFT News, North Central Florida’s NPR-affiliate. She also served as a photojournalist for The Independent Florida Alligator and the Gainesville Sun, and reported for the statewide Fresh Take Florida news desk — you can see some of her reporting here.
Cooper also contributed to the award-winning project, The Price of Plenty which was a collaboration between journalists from the University of Florida and University of Missouri. That project was funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
Her contributions to the audio news documentary Surviving Ian were recognized with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, she won first place in general assignment reporting from the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists and placed in the Hearst Journalism Awards for the Audio News and Features category.
Julia can be reached at jcooper@wlrnnews.org.
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Miami Beach officials urged Florida lawmakers to vote down SB 1730, an expansion to the Live Local Act because they fear it would open the door for developers to overtake the coastal city's iconic Art Deco historic buildings. -
The redevelopment project is the first of three phases of an affordable housing community in South Miami-Dade being called Homestead Gardens.
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The Congregational United Church of Christ supported the Coral Gables community through a double-punch of economic depression and a devastating hurricane hit in the late 1920s. Now, it serves as a hub for spiritual nourishment and progressive advocacy for people across South Florida — and looks to invest in aiding folks for another 100 years. -
Dr. Joshua Lampert is set to give free, reconstructive plastic surgery to uninsured and underinsured mothers. It's a way, he said, to honor his own mom. -
The measure passed by an 8-2 vote, but County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava could opt to veto the measure in the next 10 days. -
The Macfarlane and Golden Gate subdivisions have deep historic ties to the foundation of Coral Gables, and Miami more broadly. Now, a permanent marker on the corner of U.S. 1 and Grand Avenue memorializes that history. -
Thousands of south Miami-Dade residents are coping with road closures and dangerous air quality with the breakout of a massive brush fire. Only about 30% of the fire is contained. -
One of NPR's best reads in 2020, Swimming in the Dark, is being adapted into an Opera. Act One is set to be performed in Key West this week. -
Dr. Jyoti Somani, the the Associate Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship at Jackson Health sat down with WLRN to answer questions about measles after a case was confirmed at a Miami-Dade high school. -
Ladapo appeared before Miami Dade County’s committee on safety and health Tuesday, alongside University of Florida professor Ashley J. Malin— whose research focuses on the potential negative effects of fluoride— and two dentists to speak against fluoride in local water supplies.
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The "Everglades Earth Cycle," which is being funded by a $400,000 USDA grant, aims to benefit underserved communities and divert food waste from South Florida’s landfills. -
Miami-Dade school and state health officials say they are continuing to monitor the school in Pinecrest for any potential outbreak of measles.
