Tori Cooper
Anchor/Reporter
Atlanta News First
Tori Cooper is an Emmy-nominated Redondo Beach, California native who came to Atlanta News First from 23ABC in Bakersfield, California, where she was a multimedia journalist and weekend morning anchor.
Tori was hired at ANF as a multimedia journalist in 2021 where she shot and edited all of her own stories. After covering major metro Atlanta moments, she became a morning show reporter, and eventually moved to anchor Weekend Evening newscasts.
Prior to Bakersfield, Tori was a multimedia journalist for ABC in Kennewick, Washington where she also spent time as a part time weeknight fill-in anchor.
Before Washington she landed her first job in the television industry in Denver, Colorado at FOX31 Denver where she worked as a sports reporting intern. She covered Peyton Manning winning the Superbowl right before his retirement. Cooper later transitioned to news before departing to Kennewick, Washington.
Before reporting, Tori played soccer at the University of Georgia for their Division 1 Women’s Soccer team. She eventually transferred to The University of Colorado Boulder, where she also played for their Division 1 soccer team, and later graduated with a degree in Communications and Journalism.
Cooper had professional soccer opportunities in the U.S. and in Barcelona Spain but turned those opportunities down to pursue a career in journalism.
Cooper has family in Atlanta, and she enjoys covering stories that have meaning to Georgians.
An Alpharetta resident is hoping his family caregiver taken hostage by Hamas will be set free in the newest hostage exchange deal.
College Park city employees may be out of a holiday bonus, and a decision on the new city budget is now postponed.
Thousands of Delta Airlines employees are fed up, saying the company is not supporting the civil rights of its workers.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Luda-Christmas!
Atlanta News First spoke to a Gwinnett County woman who had to have open neck surgery to remove one of the issues causing her weight gain.
The majority of DeKalb County voters are in favor of keeping two separate special-purpose sales taxes in place.
Deputies are keeping a watchful eye over your trick-or-treaters.
Georgia State University students are finally getting more answers about what is being done to make the campus safer for students.
A group of young men posed as Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM) employees and demanded money from a homeowner.
A Sandy Springs woman is worried her mother may not survive the war against Hamas.
Tonight an Alpharetta man is on his way to Israel to attend the funeral of his 80-year-old father who he says was killed in Israel during the October 7, massacre carried out by Hamas terrorists.
After more than two and half years of planning, envisioning, and building, Assembly Atlanta unveiled its new and iconic sign Wednesday that lit up the old General Motors plant bridge that was originally created in 1945.
Humanitarian efforts are happening here on the home front in metro Atlanta.
There are 19 differently-sized sound stages at Assembly Studios, and the building allows creators to have full control of the environment.
Actors and members of SAG-AFTRA have been on strike are 93 days.
On Tuesday night, hundreds of people gathered inside City Springs Park to stand in solidarity with Israel and to pray for the victims, families, and soldiers in Israel fighting Hamas.
“This is a battle for the entire world because this is a war against humanity.”
The national blood shortage is putting patients who rely on donations at risk. Atlanta News First spoke to a patient with sickle cell disease in LaGrange who said without this support she can barely function, and now she’s hoping more people will step up and donate.
A Nebraska family is begging for answers after their son died in Atlanta Police custody last summer.
A DeKalb County mother and her daughter are scared for their lives and their neighbors after they said a man ransacked their home and several other properties in their neighborhood.
Family members of Elaine Nix said they are still hoping new leads will come from sharing Elaine’s story with the public.
Security guards stepped in to save a life after a man was shot at a gentlemen’s club early Sunday morning.
An eviction town hall held on Monday helped provide tools to tenants and landlords trying to navigate the eviction process in Fulton County.
The City of Sandy Springs is cracking down on old apartments failing to prevent fires with a new ordinance passed this month.
The stadium hosted Olympic field hockey, was the site of a Ray Charles live album and appeared in the 2006 movie 'We Are Marshall.'
Waffle House workers across metro Atlanta are demanding better working conditions.
The American Red Cross and the non-profit Caring For Others are just two of the groups working to get resources to thousands of people now left without a place to call home.
Atlanta Housing approved a project idea to renovate Atlanta Fire Station 15 and build a 100-unit affordable housing unit on top of the fire station by 2025.
More jobs, fresh produce, and pharmacy services are returning to Vine City.
A Southeast Atlanta mother is on high alert after police said someone fired dozens of rounds into her home and took off early Sunday morning.
Golf and hip-hop fans gathered at the Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta Monday night for the Tee Up ATL charity concert.
The Georgia residents listed in the indictment are accused of being either a fake Georgia elector or a participant in an alleged voting machine data breach in Coffee County.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sat down with Atlanta News First to talk about how Georgia is beginning to expand chip production.
The FBI is asking for your help in tracking down one of the most wanted human traffickers in the country.
This year the 1moquestion youth mentorship program created by Travis Barber, is teaming up with famous Atlanta Rapper Pastor Troy to offer free studio time to honor roll and outstanding academic students, to help keep kids out of trouble and away from gangs.
Gwinnett County Police Department said early Sunday morning a man allegedly exposed himself to a woman walking to her apartment complex.
Parents are sending their students back to school in just a number of days but school districts across the metro are still looking for teachers.
The case still remains unsolved and the victim’s family still want answers.
This is not the first time this has happened.
Jonesboro city council members voted five to one to not have the county handle the election.
A massive fire at the Linden Ridge Apartments in Dekalb County recently forced dozens of families from their homes.
It’s a data and weapon-driven operation targeting significant crime areas throughout Atlanta.
The Cobb County’s Water System reported a sewage spill near Sewell Mill Creek on Saturday afternoon.
Thousands of people packed Downtown Decatur Wednesday for the annual 4th of July firework show and parade.
A local priest is bestowing blessings on every person lacing up their shoes tomorrow for the annual Peachtree Road Race.
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, faith leaders, and hundreds of people gathered in Macon for a service against antisemitism on Sunday.
The wife of a man who drowned in Lake Hartwell is speaking to Atlanta News First following her husband's tragic death.
Police are investigating at a hotel in Conyers on Tuesday evening.
Charges are pending for the people wanted in connection to the deadly shooting of a 9-year-old boy on Saturday evening in metro Atlanta.
The burden of student loans is approaching once again. The Biden administration announced the pause on payments will end before the end of August.
