Susan Swain

American journalist (born 1954)

Swain discusses First Ladies at the U.S. National Archives in 2015

Susan Swain (born December 23, 1954) is an American journalist, author and the co-CEO of C-SPAN.[1]

Early years

Swain was born December 23, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swain was educated in public schools in the Philadelphia area. Swain studied at the University of Scranton where she graduated with B.A. in communications. In 1999, the school awarded her an honorary doctorate.[citation needed]

Career

Susan Swain with (from left) Rob Kennedy, co-CEO of C-SPAN, and network founder Brian Lamb in 2012

Swain started with C-SPAN in 1982. She began as a producer on a part-time basis when C-SPAN was just one channel. As time went on she graduated to other assignments, such as full-time producer, programmer, and moderator for Washington Journal, C-SPAN's morning call-in/interview program. Swain eventually was promoted to vice president of corporate communications, senior vice president, executive vice president. Swain became a director of Discovery Communications, Inc. on December 7, 2016.[2] With the retirement of network founder Brian Lamb, she is now co-president and CEO of C-SPAN.[3]

Bibliography

  • First Ladies: Presidential Historians on the Lives of 45 Iconic American Women (PublicAffairs)
  • The Supreme Court: A C-SPAN Book, Featuring the Justices in their Own Words (PublicAffairs)
  • Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President (PublicAffairs)
  • The presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best—and Worst—Chief Executives (PublicAffairs)

References

  1. ^ "Susan Swain". C-SPAN.
  2. ^ "Susan M Swain". Bloomberg.
  3. ^ "Susan Swain". National Press Foundation.

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  • Appearances on C-SPAN
  • Susan Swain's oral history for The Cable Center's Hauser Oral History Collection, December 13, 2017
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