Susan Spencer Biography

Fast Facts

• Her story about a child struggling to find a match for an organ transplant earned her an RTNDA Edward R․ Murrow Award for Overall Excellence
• Won an Environmental Defense Fund Award for a report on autism in 1996
• Earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University in 1968
• Attended Columbia University, from which she graduated with a master's degree in journalism in 1969
• One of her earliest jobs in journalism was as a writer and producer for the public affairs broadcast at WKPC-TV in Louisville, Ky
• First joined CBS News in 1977 as a reporter in its Washington bureau
• In 1986, she became the medical correspondent for CBS News
• Became a correspondent for "48 Hours" in 1993, covering everything from the drug war in Colombia to custody battles
• Worked as the White House correspondent for CBS News, covering the 1988 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, former President George H․ W․ Bush's 1992 re-election campaign and the first inauguration of former President Bill Clinton
• As a CBS News national correspondent, she covered the Persian Gulf War from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the student uprising in Tiananmen Square and the death of Japan's Emperor Hirohito