Susan Lea Page
(born February 12, 1951) is an American
journalist
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and
biographer
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Biographers
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, and the Washington DC Bureau Chief for ''
USA Today
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'' newspaper.
Early life
Page, a native of
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...
, is a 1973 graduate of
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
's
Medill School of Journalism
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, where she was editor-in-chief of the ''
Daily Northwestern
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'', and has a
master's degree
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City.
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, where she was a
Pulitzer Fellow.
As a child, Page had two passions: music and journalism. She began studying oboe in the third grade and played it in the school orchestras throughout her public school education. She was also the editor-in-chief of her high school yearbook, ''The Hoofbeats'', and served as a reporter and editor for her high school newspaper, ''The Stampede''. She considered attending music school, but ultimately decided to pursue journalism at Northwestern University.
Career
Page ha
coveredseven White House administrations and eleven presidential elections, and interviewed ten presidents. She founded and hosts an award-winning video newsmaker series for ''USA Today'', "Capital Download" . She appears frequently on cable news networks as an analyst and often guest-hosted ''
The Diane Rehm Show
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,'' which was syndicated on
National Public Radio
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. She was the first woman to serve as music chairman of the
Gridiron Club
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History
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show and was also president of the club in 2011, the oldest association of journalists in Washington. She was president of the
White House Correspondents Association
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in 2000. She also served as chairman of the
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
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s and has twice been a juror for the
Pulitzer Prize
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s.
Her first book was published in 2019, a biography of former
First Lady
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Barbara Bush
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titled ''The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty''. In 2021, her biography of House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi
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was published, titled
Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power'. Page signed a deal with Simon & Schuster in 2021 to write a biography of legendary broadcaste
Barbara Walters Page was selected as the moderator of the
2020 vice presidential debate between
Mike Pence
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and
Kamala Harris
Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...
, which took place on October 7, 2020 in Salt Lake City.
Page attracted scrutiny over her journalistic ethics when investigations revealed she had hosted off-the-record events for Trump administration officials like CMS Administrator
Seema Verma
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.
USA Today defended her participation, claiming she put on the soirees for female officials of both parties.
She is a frequent panelist on ''
Fox News Sunday
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'', ''
This Week'' on ABC, ''
Washington Week
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'' on PBS, and ''
Meet the Press
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'' on NBC.
Awards
She has won several awards for her work, including the
Merriman Smith Memorial Award
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, the
Aldo Beckman Memorial Award
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, the
Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency (twice) and the
Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Washington Correspondence (shared).
Personal life
In 1982, she married
Carl Leubsdorf
Carl Philipp Leubsdorf (born March 17, 1938) is an American journalist and columnist. He is currently a Washington columnist for ''The Dallas Morning News'', where he was Washington bureau chief from 1981 through 2008.
Biography
Leubsdorf was b ...
, syndicated columnist and former Washington bureau chief for ''
The Dallas Morning News
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'', in a non-denominational ceremony in
Washington, D.C.
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Bibliography
* ''The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty'' (Twelve, 2019)
* ''Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power'' (Twelve, 2021)
References
External links
*https://susanpagedc.com/
Her bio from usatoday.comInterview with Susan Page in the recruiting section of usatoday.com (2004)*
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1951 births
Living people
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American biographers
21st-century American journalists
American women journalists
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
Journalists from Kansas
Medill School of Journalism alumni
USA Today journalists
Writers from Wichita, Kansas
20th-century American women
21st-century American women