Schmidt received a bachelor's degree in English from
Washington Star. Later working for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the Quincy Mass. Patriot Ledger before joining the Washington Post in 1983.[1]
At the Post, she worked as an editor in the metro desk, a reporter in business news, and joined the national news staff in 1992.
The Drudge Report leaked the story in the hours before that day's Post was distributed. As newspapers began to scale back investigative reporting in 2009, she left the Wall Street Journal to start a new company with Glenn Simpson to do investigative work for private clients. In addition, they work with the International Assessment and Strategy Center.[4] In April 2009 she and Glenn Simpson left SNS Global and formed Fusion GPS to work for private clients. [5]
Schmidt and her Washington Post co-author
Baltimore Sun columnist Gary Dorsey, wrote the first stories about the rescue of United States Army Private Jessica Lynch in 2003. The details of the story were later found to be inaccurate and part of a propaganda campaign by The Pentagon. Schmidt's story was debunked by fellow Washington Post reporter Dana Priest.[6][7]
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Lewinsky scandal
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She is married to Glen Nishimura, the former op-ed editor for USA Today. They have two daughters and live in McLean, VA.[1]
Writing
Truth at Any Cost: Ken Starr and the Unmaking of Bill Clinton. Susan Schmidt and Michael Weisskopf, Harper (2000)
Deadlock: The Inside Story of America's Closest Election. The Political Staff of the Washington Post, PublicAffairs (2001)
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, No Edition Time from 1953–1963 and the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting from 1964–1984
