During his time there, he worked with many prominent names including John Stossel, Linda Ellerbee, Lynn Sherr, Dave Marash, Rolland Smith, Pia Lindstrom and Joel Siegel among many others.
Here, Cooper received an Emmy for Outstanding News Coverage for mounting television's first newscast anchored live from the location of a breaking story.
[2][3][4] The movies starred James Earl Jones, Sam Waterston, Ken Howard, Rob Morrow among many others, while the cop roles were acted by 35 real police officers.
[2][3][4] He later produced two other films and a music video for the NYPD's Operation SPECDA, a classroom anti-drug program that were shown to fifth and sixth grade children at school in 1986.
[5] In the late 80s he was asked to produce another two films for the NYPD, Police Women and Restoring Dignity: Frontline Response to Sexual Assault.
[9][10] After Front Page was canceled, he was placed as managing editor and financial chief of prime time magazine, Full Disclosure with Judith Regan and Andrew Neil.
He created the original operational plan for the Fox News Channel and was put in charge of the design and construction of its production facility in New York.
[11] In 1997, Cooper produced and directed 4 Stories, a series that focused on showing volunteers and organizations and groups, taking pro-active roles in helping others in need.
[12][13] 4 Stories was a huge hit, beating successful shows like Baywatch, X-Files and Pensacola Gold in rankings and won several awards.