Susy Schultz
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Susy Schultz is an American journalist, educator and social advocate. She currently is president of the Public Narrative in Chicago. She was recently named one of the "most powerful women in Chicago journalism" by the media critic of the Chicago Tribune.
Schultz, after an early stint at the City News Bureau of Chicago, joined the Chicago Sun-Times in 1984, where for 14 years she covered a wide range of stories, earning a number of awards including a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
While pioneering a new social services beat for the newspaper—including coverage of domestic violence, elder care, child care and homeless families—she also worked as a columnist and as the newspaper's critic for children's theater, movies and TV programs.
After leaving the Sun-Times in 1998, she worked in the Department of Health and Human Services, serving as the regional affairs specialist for Hannah Rosenthal, who oversaw the six-state Midwest region — the country’s most populated region.
Later she worked with Sister Sheila Lynne, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, where she organized communications, training all senior management and developing a message and brand for public health. She also headed up the media committee of the city’s strategic violence prevention plan.
She worked for two years as consulting editor at The Chicago Reporter, a training ground for investigative reporters.
For four years starting in 2002, she was associate publisher and editor of Chicago Parent magazine. During her tenure, the University of Missouri School of Journalism named it the top regional parenting magazine in the nation for three consecutive years.
Schultz was also during this time a member of the 2002 Chicago celebrity cast of The Vagina Monologues.
She served as director of advocacy and communication for the Chicago Foundation for Women, where she helped coordinate a year-long statewide anti-violence initiative titled “What Will It Take?". She authored the initiative’s 143-page report.
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