Mallory Cooke, a longtime WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News anchor, joins the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department as Public Information Officer.

Kim Tedford, director of the health department made the announcement, today.

In this new role, Cooke will work with local media and the community to share information about the health department and its programs.

“I’m incredibly excited to work for an organization that does so much for people in Jackson-Madison County,” Cooke said.

Cooke has nearly 10 years of television news experience.

She began her career at WBBJ in 2009. Cooke went on to work as a reporter at KFSM in Fort Smith, Arkansas for several years before returning to WBBJ in 2013.

She most recently worked as a morning anchor and reporter for the station until September of this year.

Cooke grew up near Columbia, South Carolina. She earned a Bachelor of Science in journalism from Boston University. Cooke is married to Chris Bell, a lifelong West Tennessee resident. They have a young son, Fitz, and two dogs named Polar and Cotton.

(PHOTO: Mallory Cooke)
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