Susan Spencer

Birth Name:

Susan Spencer

Birth Place:

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Profession

Director, Writer

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
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
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

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