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Writers and Contributors
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Derrill Holly writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the national trade association representing more than 900 local electric cooperatives.2 Articles
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Scott Baker is an internationally published photojournalist based in Alexander City, Alabama. He is a contributing photographer to The New York Times and has been published in The London Sunday Times Magazine, Drift Magazine and many other regional publications. You can follow his work on Instagram: @scottbakerphotos.2 Articles
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Kathleen Davis is a retired teacher, wife, mother and author. She and her family recently moved to the mid state area and are Middle Tennessee Electric members. She has her master’s in elementary education from the University of Florida and spent her career searching for and reading good children’s books to her students. She believes that books not only provide a fountain of information but are also a way to enter a new world and completely change a perspective. Her children’s book “BRAVE” can be found on Amazon by searching for “BRAVE by Kathleen Davis.” You can also follow Kathleen and her family’s adventures throughout the Nashville area on Instagram — @kathleendavisbooks — and Facebook at facebook.com/BRAVEtheBook.kd/.2 Articles
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Cheré Dastugue Coen is an award-winning journalist, photographer and author living in Marietta, Georgia. A native of New Orleans, Cheré began her career in communications at the 1984 World’s Fair. She has worked for Variety magazine in Hollywood, the Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge, Gambit Weekly in New Orleans and the Gannett newspapers of Louisiana, among many others.2 Articles
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Steve Oden is an award-winning columnist and former magazine and newspaper editor.1 Articles
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Katherine Loving writes on consumer and cooperative affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the national trade association representing more than 900 local electric cooperatives. From growing suburbs to remote farming communities, electric co-ops serve as engines of economic development for 42 million Americans across 56% of the nation’s landscape.1 Articles
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Katie Jackson is a freelance journalist and book author with more than four decades of experience writing about everything from science and history to arts and culture. She is especially drawn to stories about nature and the outdoors, a fascination that she’s cultivated during her 20-plus years as Alabama Living’s gardening columnist and one Katie also cultivates in her own wildlife-friendly yard in Opelika, Alabama.1 Articles