Veteran USA TODAY Washington reporter Susan Page to headline Overby program

Susan Page, USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief

By Overby Center Staff

Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today and a veteran reporter and observer of American politics, will appear at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on Tuesday, April 29. 

Page last year covered her 12th presidential election. She is currently covering her eighth White House administration. She is also author of several books on powerful woman, including “The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters”; “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power”; and “The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty.” 

Among her awards are the White House Correspondents Association Award for Excellence in Presidential News Coverage Under Deadline Pressure; the WHCA Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage; the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington Correspondence.  In 2020, Page moderated the vice-presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris.

Page is a native of Wichita, Kan., and earned a bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University and a master’s degree at Columbia University. 

The program will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Overby Center Auditorium on the Ole Miss campus. The program is open to the public with no charge. Free parking is available, and a reception for all attendees will follow the program.