Diana K. Sugg

• Edited multiple award-winning enterprise stories
• Senior editor on three-part series on rogue squad of Baltimore cops, Cops and Robbers. Won Pulitzer Center grant to fund custom digital presentation and visuals https://tinyurl.com/mryv3m23
• Developed and edited The Wait, reporter Yvonne Wenger's first-person narrative on foster care and adoption, along with podcast https://tinyurl.com/yzw45p27
• Nurtured and cultivated reporters across newsroom, enhancing skills and storytelling capabilities from rookies to veterans
• Led newsroom Diversity Committee effort to secure Report for America grants, successfully hiring two reporters to expand coverage of African-American and Latino communities
• Established relationships with student writers/journalists, fostering collaboration with Writers in Baltimore Schools, Baltimore City Student Media Team, Morgan State University

• Developed, guided, and edited five major, award-winning projects illuminating national issues through a local lens
• Investigated and reported on hidden consequences of city violence in three-part series, 'Collateral Damage' https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/investigations/bal-collateral-damage-storygallery-storygallery.html
• Unsettled Journeys: Three-part series on flood of refugees in a Baltimore high school https://data.baltimoresun.com/news/unsettled-journeys/splash/
• Shoot to Kill: Three-part series on lethal shootings in Baltimore https://data.baltimoresun.com/news/shoot-to-kill/
• Juvenile Justice: Investigative stories digging into injustice in state juvenile system
  https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/investigations/bal-juvenile-justice-sg-storygallery.html
• Bridging the Divide: Four-part series looking at efforts to integrate schools
  http://data.baltimoresun.com/news/bridging-the-divide/

• Authored award-winning story in Ladies Home Journal highlighting life of hospice nurse, raising awareness about caregiving challenges
• Wrote essays for Today Moms section of Today Show website, engaging audience with relatable parenting narratives
• Explored connection between beat reporting and parenting in essay published by Nieman Reports, contributing to discourse on journalistic perspectives in family life

• Medical reporter producing front-page, compelling stories ranging from breaking news to features and in-depth enterprise. Awarded multiple regional/national awards for writing and coverage of medicine/health
• Investigated the secret world of dying children for two years, producing four-part series, "If I Die," which documented dilemmas faced by children, parents, doctors, and nurses. Series won Association of Health Care Journalists top prize and National Press Club prize for online journalism, and was utilized in training for medical professionals and featured in journalism textbooks.
• Awarded 2003 Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting for collection of stories exploring primitive nature of modern medicine, recognized by jurors for illuminating complex medical issues through poignant narratives of individuals.

• Reported on California's single-payer initiative, Clinton health care reform, and Medicaid managed care, informing public discourse on key health policies
• Earned national recognition as the country's outstanding young health reporter from American Public Health Association

Transformed a stagnant night police beat into a shift where I produced a bounty of compelling narratives. First winner of the national Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting.

Breaking news, features, enterprise for small daily in northwest corner of state. Awarded three Chairman's Awards from the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group.

Breaking news, along with features. Turned print stories into radio copy and cranked out sports stories on football Saturdays.