“She takes true risks for her reporting, and what comes out of it is insightful, informative, and funny.” - Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing
“Sharp, savvy, unsentimental, and blessed with an expressive pen and a keen ear.” - San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Drives me nuts.” - Matt Yglesias, Twitter
Susie Cagle is a frequent contributor of journalism for outlets such as the Guardian, Al Jazeera America, Wired, Medium, the Nation, the Atlantic, and others. She’s a former staff writer at Grist, a 2013 International Women’s Media Foundation grantee, and a 2014 Online Journalism Award winner. Susie is currently working on an illustrated book about boom and bust economics in California.
Susie’s work has been featured on NPR, in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Print Magazine, BoingBoing, and others, and she’s spoken at South by Southwest, Adobe MAX, the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Susie has a masters in journalism from Columbia, which still doesn’t offer a cartooning class.
You can reach Susie at susiecagle at riseup dot net, follow her on Twitter, and support her work at Patreon.