Staff List
David Cook (Reporter) |
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| Phone: | (423) 757-6357 |
| E-mail: | dcook@timesfreepress.com |
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Bio:
David Cook is the award-winning city columnist for the Times Free Press, working in the same building where he began his post-college career as a sportswriter for the Chattanooga Free Press. Cook, who graduated from Red Bank High, holds a master's degree in Peace and Justice Studies from Prescott College and an English degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. For 12 years, he was a teacher at the middle, high school and university levels. A Marshall Memorial Fellow, Cook published in magazines (The Sun, Utne Reader, Geez), academic journals, an anthology on homelessness ("Personal Struggles, Professional Lives: Ethics and Advocacy in Research on Homelessness" — Lexington Press) and an anthology on grandparents and grandchildren ("Grandparenting with Heart" — North Atlantic).
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Cook: Healing and unity through Ed Johnson's story
In the early evening of March 19, five days ago, dozens of Chattanoogans gathered on the south side of the...
Cook: The Bible, the moon and why being gay is not a sin
The email arrived a week or so ago, not long after the United Methodist church voted to affirm its ban...
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Cook: Four stories and the fog of winter
On Wednesday, the Hamilton County Commission will vote on a resolution to allocate $100,000 for a memorial honoring Ed Johnson,...
Cook: The undressing of the old Confederate mind
There is no yearbook photo from my college life 25 years ago.
Cook: How will the Methodist church treat gay Christians?
Women should keep silent in church.
Cook: The two lives of Isaiah Moore
When it's warm out, Isaiah Moore, 27, likes to go outside and practice yoga with his wife, who's a model....
Cook: The most important legal idea you've never heard of
You're watching the Super Bowl when you discover a dead mouse in the jar of cheese dip.
Cook: A people removed are not a people forgotten
Not long after his recent report on collapsing racial dynamics in downtown Chattanooga was made public, Dr. Ken Chilton stood...
Cook: Whitewashing the Best Town Ever
White people? They're everywhere. Too many to count. But African-Americans?
Cook: Where the true things are
On the third day of the new year, Dusty, a bay Morgan gelding, collapsed in the morning rain. His giant...
Cook: Predictions and promises for 2019
In 2019, Donald Trump's presidency will come to an end.
Cook: Tubman and the erosion of trust
I'm not sure how to trust city of Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke anymore.
Cook: The real Tubman is the one we build together
In 2014, Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke purchased the former Harriet Tubman housing project with a promise: to make the community...
Cook: What would Walter Cronkite say about our river?
We wouldn't be Chattanooga without the Tennessee River.
Cook: Listening to the message of pain
Some day, we will look back and realize how limited and incomplete our understanding of pain has been.
Cook: Narcissistic buffoons, cultural rot and fighting words
One week ago, I wrote that Tennessee Republicans had lost their moral center, no longer reflecting the values and virtues...
Cook: An Open Letter to the Tennessee GOP
Our new U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is many things, but moderate is not one of them.
Cook: Want to fight hate? Quit social media
As we prepare for the president to land in our city, today's column is about hate.
