Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
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Mollie Cooney
Mollie Cooney earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from Iowa State University in 1976. She went to work for KCCI TV in Des Moines that year as a reporter and anchor. In 1979, Cooney left to work for KNTV in San Jose, Calif. In 1982, she rejoined the KCCI staff. Cooney currently anchors NewsChannel 8's Noon news. She is the recipient of several journalism awards including first place for Public Affairs in 2002 from the Iowa Broadcast News Association, first place in the Television Division of the 1997 Iowa Health Care Media Awards, and received the 1998-99 Communications Award from the American Heart Association. She also received the 1994 James W. Schwartz Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism from Iowa State University. In 2004, Cooney was selected as an Iowa Association of Family and Consumer Sciences’ “Friend of the Family.” Cooney is a board member with Iowa National Guard Memorial Commission and a past board member of Hospice of Central Iowa and the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute. |
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