Suzette Hackney joined USA TODAY as a national columnist in 2020. Previously, she was a columnist and the director of Opinion & Community Engagement for The Indianapolis Star. She's also been a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press, and an editorial writer and columnist for the Toledo Blade. Suzette has been recognized for her work with a National Headliner award, two national Edward R. Murrow awards, an Emmy award, numerous awards from the National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence and the Association for Women in Communications' Clarion award. She was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Walker Stone Award for Opinion Writing and has received several local and state journalism accolades for her reporting and column writing. Suzette received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University, a Master of Fine Arts degree in nonfiction writing from Butler University and was a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.
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