Susannah Bryan

Susannah Bryan writes about news and politics for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

She joined the Sun Sentinel in 1997.

A graduate of the University of Florida, Susannah has written about the pandemic, hurricanes, record-breaking floods and sewage spills, government waste, land giveaways, development booms, crime, courts, City Hall and election recounts.

She has played an important watchdog role covering cruelty cases involving dogs, cats, ducks, iguanas and horses. She has also penned exposes on controversial practices at the county-run animal shelter, including one that resulted in dogs being turned away from the shelter unless they were sick or injured. After extensive coverage, the practice ended.

Award Winner

Susannah has won numerous top-place awards from the Florida Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists for in-depth stories on environmental disasters made worse by crumbling or ineffective infrastructure; boondoggle spending by local government; and compelling profiles on people of note, including the “Miracle Boy” who survived the Surfside building collapse.

Susannah was part of the staff that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for coverage of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Susannah was part of an investigative reporting team honored with an Esserman-Knight Journalism Award in 2022 for its coverage of the Surfside condo tragedy. In 2018, she was part of an investigative team honored with a Florida Society of News Editors award for its coverage of the nation’s deadliest airport shooting.