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Clint Cooper

Clint Cooper is the Free Press editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, representing the conservative side of the newspaper's opinion section. Previously he worked as the religion editor, assistant sports editor and Metro and Lifestyles staff writer for the newspaper. Clint has received numerous honors over the years for his writing and design including first place awards for Best Editorials and Best Single Editorial from the Tennessee Press Association. The Chattanooga native is a cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a degree in mass communications and did postgraduate work there in secondary education. Clint and his wife, Donna, have one adult son, Patrick. Contact Clint at 423-757-6497 or ccooper@timesfreepress.com. You may friend him on Facebook.

Contact Clint Cooper at ccooper@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6497.


Opinion: Rumors of the end of the Chattanooga High Center for Creative Arts are greatly exaggerated

Since Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp and Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Justin Robertson released an initial school facilities plan in August, much of the wailing and gnashing of teeth about the plan have come from parents and community members who didn't want their elementary school closed or their middle school moved or their high school combined.

Staff File Photo By Matt Hamilton / The Center for Creative Arts Choo Choo Kids perform a dance routine from "The Greatest Showman" during the Sunday Showcase, presented by the Performing Arts League, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, at The Signal.