Susie Cagle is an

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journalist and

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whose work has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and others. Cagle is based in

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. She has reported on subjects including the experience of living in California's "wildfire country" and the effect of climate change on drought cycles,

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raids of California medical marijuana facilities, the emergence of "

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" start-up companies as a form of "disaster capitalism," and the

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portion of

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Early life and education

Cagle is the daughter of editorial cartoonist

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. She went to high school in

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, and is a graduate of the

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(2005) and the

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(2006).

Career

She was a cartoonist at '' The San Francisco Appeal'' from 2010 to 2011, and later worked as a staff writer and illustrator at ''

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''. Despite holding a

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while covering

, Cagle was arrested on two separate occasions—making her the first professional journalist to be arrested more than once while covering Occupy-related events. After her first arrest, the

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sent a letter to the

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condemning the action. Her second arrest occurred during a

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at an

event. At the time, she carried an active press credential from the Freelancers' Guild and an expired press credential issued by the

. Cagle's work was the subject of a solo show at San Francisco

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in 2012. She was selected by the

International Women's Media Foundation The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), located in Washington, D.C., is an organization working internationally to elevate the status of women in the media. The IWMF has created programs to help women in the media develop practical so ...

for a 2013 Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier grant. She has a John S. Knight Journalism fellowship at

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for 2015-16, with a focus on "How can we better support the growing field of professional media freelancers?"

References

External links

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LocalWiki: Oakland: Susie Cagle

Prison Legal News: articles by Susie Cagle
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