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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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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DaQuan Mosley, who has been shot at and sees no end to the city's violence, says a local funeral home is a safe space. "I love helping people ... when they're going through a tragic time," he says. -
Attorneys for Dr. David Dao are speaking out for the first time since Dao was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight on Sunday. Attorneys haven't filed a lawsuit yet, but say one is likely to come soon. Meanwhile, Chicago city officials are questioning the city's department of aviation about Sunday's incident.
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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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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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Two convicted bank robbers escaped from a jail in downtown Chicago earlier this week. Authorities think they did it by breaking through a window and climbing down a rope of bed sheets before hailing a cab to get away. The cellmates are still on the run.
