Natalia Cooper

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Natalia Cooper
Born1984 (age 41) [1] [2]
Perth, Western Australia [3]
Other namesNatalia Fox
Occupations Journalist and TV presenter
Years active2003–present
Employer Nine Network
Spouse
Carl Fox
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(m. 2016)​

Natalia Cooper (born 1984 [1] [2] ) is an Australian journalist, radio and television news presenter and reporter and author. Cooper is currently the weekend news presenter for Nine News in Perth, Western Australia.

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Career

Cooper is currently a news presenter and reporter on Nine News Perth . She has previously been weather presenter on Today, Weekend Today , Seven News Perth and a reporter on Nine News Sydney .

Cooper studied journalism at Curtin University. [3] She began her career in television in Perth in 2003 after she was offered a cadetship at STW after she graduated.[ citation needed ] She worked as the station's weather presenter and fill-in news presenter for five years on Nine News Perth . She presented her first weather bulletin at age 19, and her first news bulletin at 20. [4]

Cooper travelled the world for six months at the end of 2008 and then worked as a freelance journalist before moving to London in 2009. She came back to Perth to take up the position as Seven News weather presenter upon Jeff Newman's retirement. [5]

In 2012, she relocated to Sydney and began working as a reporter for Nine News Sydney . [3] In June 2013, Cooper replaced Sylvia Jeffreys as New South Wales reporter on Today . She remained as a reporter on Today until March 2014.[ citation needed ] She also filled in as weather presenter on Nine News Sydney when Amber Sherlock went on maternity leave in the same year.[ citation needed ]

In January 2015, Cooper replaced Emma Freedman as weather presenter on Weekend Today . She remained in the position until November 2016. In December 2016, she swapped places with Steven Jacobs, who moved to Weekend Today to spend more time with his family, [1] and became the weather presenter on Today . [6]

In February 2019, upon returning from maternity leave, Cooper was redeployed to Nine News as a presenter and reporter. [7]

In November 2021, it was reported that Cooper would return to Perth with her family and continue as a senior reporter with Nine News. [8]

Personal life

In March 2016, Cooper married music producer, Carl Fox. [9] In September 2018, Cooper announced that she was pregnant with her and her husband's first child. [10] She gave birth to a son.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Holly Byrnes (11 December 2016). "The Today Show's new weather presenter Natalia Cooper talks about 'the new Karl in my life'". News.com.au . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 Karlie Rutherford (14 April 2019). "Why Natalia Cooper really left Today". Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "NATALIA COOPER". Nine News . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Natalia Cooper replaces Jeff Newman on Channel 7". WAtoday . 10 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Veteran Newman's final farewell The West Australian 10 August 2009
  6. ↑ Peter de Kruijff (7 December 2021). "Blue skies and extended family lure Natalia Cooper back to Perth". WAtoday . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Today show loses another host". The Courier-Mail . 8 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Natalia Cooper to depart Nine News Sydney". TV Tonight. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Today's Natalia Cooper's wedding photos are nothing short of magical". Mamamia . 29 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "The TODAY Show's Natalia Cooper announces pregnancy". Nine Digital . Retrieved 17 September 2018.
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