Susie An
As a reporter for WBEZ's news desk, Susie produces content for daily newscasts and WBEZ's website. She also anchors, occasionally, delivering news on WBEZ. She directed WBEZ's Schools on the Line monthly call-in show. Her work has also been heard on NPR, CBC and BBC. Susie joined WBEZ as a news desk intern in September 2007. Prior to joining WBEZ, Susie worked at the Peoria Journal Star newspaper and worked as an acquisitions editor for Publications International,Ltd.
Susie has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Originally from Huntsville, Alabama, Susie lives in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood with her husband Demian and son Ogden.
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Remembrances and tributes are pouring in for the victims of the Highland Park July Fourth shootings.
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COVID safety concerns led to a five-day stalemate between Chicago's teachers union and school and city officials. Kids are back in school. Both sides are weighing whether it was the right decision.
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Public schools remain closed in Chicago Monday, the fourth day of a stalemate between the teacher's union and officials over COVID safety rules. Parents are increasingly frustrated.
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During remote classes, teachers get to glimpse some students' lives. Sometimes they observe things they never knew about at school. It has some teachers considering whether they've witnessed abuse.
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The company is so notorious for wrongly towing away cars that it has been immortalized in song. This week, the Illinois Commerce Commission revoked Lincoln's license. -
DaQuan Mosley grew up on Chicago's South Side, where he saw violence regularly. After graduating high school, he plans to follow his goal to become a funeral director to help families of victims.
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At the same time that lawyers were arguing over President Trump's travel ban, a plane carrying refugees landed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
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Earlier this week, Moody's Investors Service downgraded Chicago's credit rating to junk status. How did the city's finances reach this point?
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One of the longest labor strikes has finally come to an end. After nearly 10 years, hospitality workers at Chicago's Congress Plaza Hotel have put down the picket signs. But getting back to work might not be so easy.
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After prevailing in a grueling Lego build-off by replicating a Picasso sculpture, 23-year-old Andrew Johnson of Illinois is the newest — and youngest — person to earn the title master model builder. Which means he'll get paid to build things with Legos.
