Susan Roesgen
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Education | B.A. degree in English Literature, National Geographic Today Co-host (2000–2003)
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Susan Roesgen is an American television reporter. She has worked in radio and television broadcasting for more than two decades, including prime time news anchor positions at several TV stations. She has worked as a general assignment correspondent for CNN from 2005 to 2009, and now works for New Orleans TV station WGNO (Channel 26), the local ABC television affiliate.
Early life and career
Susan Roesgen is the daughter of William Roesgen, former publisher of several newspapers and editor of the
Roesgen's reporting has taken her to an Army barracks in Haiti, the Sea of Galilee, and to the pyramids of Egypt.
Roesgen has worked as an anchor or host for the following stations:
- WABC-TV Channel 7 (New York City)
- KFMB-TV Channel 8 (San Diego)
- WITN-TV Channel 7 (Washington, NC)
- KATV-TV Channel 7 (Little Rock)
- WDSU-TV Channel 6 (New Orleans)
- WGNO-TV Channel 26 (New Orleans)
She has also worked as for
National Geographic
She joined the
CNN
Roesgen was hired by CNN as the first news correspondent for their Gulf Coast division in 2005. She was based in New Orleans and covered Hurricane Katrina. Other significant stories she covered for CNN include the Jena Six events in Louisiana,[11] the Drew Peterson case,[12][13][14] and the death of Michael Jackson.[15][16][17] Roesgen's coverage of the 2009 Red River flood in Fargo, North Dakota, in which she "talks to the camera while passing sandbags and riding a forklift" according to one observer, was mocked by Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.[18]
She moved to CNN's Chicago bureau in September, 2007. On April 15, 2009, Roesgen interviewed a number of people at a 2009 Tea Party protest in Chicago. The interview attracted a degree of partisan commentary.[19][20]
In July, 2009, CNN ended Roesgen's contract with the network.[21][22]
References
- ^ a b c National Geographic News July, 2001
- ^ Suncoast Regional Emmy Archived 2007-02-12 at archive.today Year 2000 Emmy Awards
- ^ CNN Reporter Profile
- ^ University of Montana Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today Winter, 2005. Collegian
- ^ KATV News November, 2005
- ^ Pandolfi, Keith, "Public radio station WWNO 89.9-FM spotlights New Orleans community", New Orleans CityBusiness, June 2, 2003
- New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 28, 2003
- New Orleans Times-Picayune, July 2, 2006
- New Orleans Times-Picayune, June 21, 2005
- New Orleans Times-Picayune, July 17, 2004
- ^ "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Susan Roesgen". Archived from the original on April 18, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
- ^ CNN Transcripts Drew Peterson case coverage; February
- ^ CNN Transcripts Drew Peterson case coverage; May 8
- ^ Nancy Grace CNN Transcripts; Drew Peterson case; May 8
- ^ Nancy Grace CNN Transcript
- ^ LexisNexis Document CNN Transcript
- ^ CNN Newsroom CNN Transcript
- The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ "State of the Union with John King". CNN. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ "Creative Jobs :: Careers for Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Social Media Managers, Proof Readers and More".
- ^ "Susan Roesgen to return to New Orleans TV as anchor of WGNO's 'News with a Twist' | Movies/TV | nola.com". 26 January 2011.