SUSY BUCHANAN
Journalist Portfolio
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CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS
SASQUATCH
April 2021
Researcher and field producer for Hulu docuseries.
UNTITLED DOCUSERIES
October 2020 - present
Researcher on an untitled docuseries in development.
OCEAN BLUE WORLD MAGAZINE
March 2020 - present
Writer/editor/copyeditor for a luxury lifestyle magazine with global distribution.
CV
Susy Buchanan
EXPERIENCE
IPC Productions
Researcher
October 2020 to present
Responsible for principal research on a project in development for a major streaming network.
Ocean Blue Magazine
Writer/copy editor
March 2020 to present
Responsible for the majority of content, including cover stories, for an international luxury lifestyle magazine. I also copy edit the entire magazine.
Mexico News Daily
Content contributor, columnist, April 2020 to November 2020
Wrote five stories five days a week for the preeminent English-language news site in Mexico, as well as a weekly column on news events in the state of Baja California Sur.
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John Fabian Productions
Researcher, August 2019 to March 2020
Worked on Sasquatch as a researcher/field producer tasked with locating relatives of undocumented Mexican migrants killed in relation to marijuana cultivation.
Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center
Senior Editor, February 2017 to September 2019
Wrote and edited award-winning breaking news and feature stories for the nation’s premier blog/magazine covering political extremism and the radical right.
Assigned and edited all copy for Intelligence Report magazine (circulation 400,000).
Assigned and edited 80 posts a month for Hatewatch, a blog on political extremism that received up to 1 million hits a month during my tenure.
Managed 35+ staff, freelance reporters and photographers.
Invited expert speaker at international conferences on political extremism in Singapore and London.
Organized international law enforcement conferences on the radical right.
Attended major white supremacist events including Unite the Right in Charlottesville.
Anchorage Press
Editor, May 2014 to January 2017
Oversaw all editorial operations of a 40-page weekly newspaper. (20,000 circ.)
Assigned and edited all copy (20 - 25 stories per week).
Directed enterprise reporting.
Managed 35+ freelance reporters and photographers.
Recruited, mentored and supervised interns.
Oversaw social media and multimedia projects.
Conceptualized and executed special issues.
Alaska Humanities Forum
Grant Program Director, June 2012 to May 2014
Total grant funds managed exceeded $750,000.
Instituted a new fundraising database.
Oversaw major national Smithsonian traveling exhibit.
Traveled extensively throughout the state promoting AKHF grant programs and attending and presenting at related conferences.
Directed social media.
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