Emily Cochrane

@ESCochrane

covering the South for @nytimes | Florida woman, former Hill reporter, now in Nashville | find me emilyscochrane.08 on Signal | emily.cochrane@nytimes.com

Nashville nytimes.com/by/emily-cochr… Joined January 2014

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Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane May 2, 2023

now that I'm settled in Nashville (!) and in my new job, here's a cool thing -- an open question about what people want to read about from the South, so it can inform what I'm writing about and how I'm thinking about our coverage.

send me your thoughts!

nytimes.com/2023/05/02/us/…

www.nytimes.com What Matters to You in the South? (Published 2023) Input from readers will help shape our coverage of the region.

Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane Nov 4, 2024

it might be the start of infrastructure week in Nashville, and yes I did write about it: nytimes.com/2024/11/04/us/…

www.nytimes.com Nashville Needs an Infrastructure Fix. Will Voters Agree to Pay for It? (Published 2024) Desperate to compete with other growing cities, Nashville’s leaders are trying once again to convince voters that a sales tax increase is worth the price.

Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane Oct 4, 2024

two stories from the South on A1. grateful to @benstanleynz / the Memphis press corps and @jrusstimes @edjsandoval @MarkBarrettACT and more all in NC

Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane Oct 2, 2024

Cruso, NC —

Emily Cochrane @ESCochrane Sep 18, 2024

nytimes.com/2024/09/17/us/…

www.nytimes.com Ex-Officer Testifies Against His Former Colleagues in Tyre Nichols’s Death (Published 2024) A former Memphis officer said he had been angry about a lack of arrests even before he began a pursuit that led to a fatal beating.