SUSY BUCHANAN
Journalist Portfolio
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CURRENT AND RECENT PROJECTS
Krishnas: Gurus. Karma. Murder
Producer and researcher for a three-part docuseries on the dark side of the Hare Krishna movement. Streaming on Peacock.
SASQUATCH
April 2021
Researcher and field producer for Hulu docuseries.
OCEAN BLUE WORLD MAGAZINE
March 2020 - present
Writer/editor/copyeditor for a luxury lifestyle magazine with global distribution.
CV
Entertainment One
Producer/Researcher
March 2022 to February 2023
Worked as a researcher and producer for a three-part documentary series for Peacock/NBC Universal relating to crimes committed by a religious sect
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.
John Fabian Productions
Researcher, August 2019 to March 2020
Worked on Sasquatch (2021 Hulu) as a field producer and researcher 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.
Casa Natalia
Communications Consultant, September 2010 to May 2012
Responsible for producing all English-language communications (press releases, website text, menus, etc.) for a luxury boutique hotel in San Jose del Cabo voted Best in Mexico by readers of Conde Nast Traveler.
Baja Pulse
Founding Editor, November 2009 to April 2010
Built a 20,000 circulation, bi-weekly English-language paper from the ground up in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Wrote and edited 20,000 to 30,000 words an issue.
Recruited staff and freelance reporters.
Supervised distribution, publishing and printing issues, advertising, graphic design, website design, marketing of the paper, etc.
Gringo Gazette
Editor, March 2009 to November 2009
Wrote 5,000 words of copy each issue of a bi-weekly English language paper in Los Cabos, Mexico (24,000 circ.)
Assigned and edited an additional 20,000 to 30,000 words of freelance copy.
Assigned, directed, and wrote scripts for video shoots.
Reuters
Stringer, November 2008 - November 2009
Covered hurricanes and tropical storms in Southern Baja for an international audience.
Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center
Senior Writer, 2004 to 2008
Senior staff writer at a national quarterly magazine covering extremism and the radical right.
Founded and compiled Immigration Watch — a weekly online newsletter tracking anti-immigration extremism.
Worked with hate crime investigators and helped organized a national law enforcement conference.
Conducted in-depth research on extremist political movements.
Gave interviews to Spanish and English language media as an expert on hate crimes and extremism.
Wrote major magazine features.
Phoenix New Times
Staff Writer, 2001 to 2004
Wrote award-winning, magazine-length news features and exposes for the flagship publication in the country's largest chain of alternative newsweeklies.
EDUCATION
1987-1990 Centre International de Valbonne, France, International Baccalaureate
1990-91 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, International Relations
1991-92 Concordia University, Montreal, French Translation
1992-93 University of Alaska, Anchorage, Business
2018 Graduate, Poynter Leadership Academy
2019 Graduate, The Management Center, Managing to Change the World
AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors: Alaska Immigration Justice Project [2011 - 2014]
Founder and Vice President: Women’s Fishing Association of Southern Baja, Mexico
Member: Investigative Reporters and Editors
Member: Society of Professional Journalists
Bilingual Spanish/English
References and a complete list of journalism awards available upon request