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'''Susie Cagle''' is an [[Americans|American]] journalist and [[editorial cartoonist]] whose work has appeared in ''[[The American Prospect]]'', ''[[AlterNet]]'', ''[[The Awl]]'', ''[[Good (magazine)|GOOD]]'', and others.<ref name="the atlantic bio">{{cite web|title=Susie Cagle - The Atlantic|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/susie-cagle/|website=The Atlantic|access-date=5 July 2014}}</ref> Cagle is based in [[Oakland, California]].

She has reported on subjects including the experience of living in California's "wildfire country" and the [[effects of climate change|effect of climate change]] on drought cycles,<ref name="npr wildfire country">{{cite news|last1=Shapiro|first1=Ari|title=When It Snows Ash: Life In Wildfire Country|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/06/04/188667487/a-seasonal-smell-of-smoke-life-in-wildfire-country|access-date=5 July 2014|work=Talk Of The Nation|publisher=National Public Radio|date=4 June 2013}}</ref> [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] raids of California medical marijuana facilities,<ref name="boingboing down in smoke">{{cite news|last1=Jardin|first1=Xeni|title=Down in Smoke: through comics, Susie Cagle chronicles the DEA raids on medical marijuana facilities in California|url=http://boingboing.net/2012/08/10/down-in-smoke-through-comics.html|access-date=5 July 2014|publisher=Boing Boing|date=10 August 2012}}</ref> the emergence of "[[sharing economy]]" start-up companies as a form of "disaster capitalism,"<ref name="la times disaster capitalism">{{cite news|last1=Le Tellier|first1=Alexandra|title=The sharing economy isn't 'collaborative consumption,' it's 'disaster capitalism'|url=http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-sharing-economy-collaborative-consumption-disaster-capitalism-20140604-story.html|access-date=5 July 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=5 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/when-sharing-economy-doesnt-play-fair|title = When the 'sharing economy' doesn't really play fair|last = Brancaccio|first = David|date = 1 July 2014|access-date = 5 July 2014|publisher = American Public Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-sharing-economy-that-doesnt-exist/|title = The 'sharing economy' that doesn't exist|last = Foremski|first = Tom|date = 3 June 2014|work = ZDNET|access-date = 5 July 2014}}</ref> and the [[Occupy Oakland]] portion of [[Occupy Wall Street]].

== Early life and education ==
Cagle is the daughter of editorial cartoonist [[Daryl Cagle]].<ref>Hochberg, Adam. [http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/152088/cartoonist-susie-cagle-remains-jailed-after-cartooning-at-occupy-oakland/ "Cartoonist Susie Cagle released from jail after 14 hours following Occupy Oakland arrest,"] Poynter.org (Nov. 3, 2011).</ref> She went to high school in [[Calabasas, California]], and is a graduate of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]'s [[College of Creative Studies]] (2005) and the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] (2006).<ref name="cartoon art museum">{{cite web|title = Small Press Spotlight on Susie Cagle|url = http://cartoonart.org/2012/06/small-press-spotlight-on-susie-cagle/|website = Cartoon Art Museum|access-date = 5 July 2014|date = 7 June 2012}}</ref>

== Career ==
She was a cartoonist at ''[[The San Francisco Appeal]]'' from 2010 to 2011, and later worked as a staff writer and illustrator at ''[[Grist (magazine)|Grist]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.editorandpublisher.com/TopStories/Columns/Digital-Publishing--Visual-Storytelling-Does-More-Than-Entertain|title = Digital Publishing: Visual Storytelling Does More Than Entertain|last = Tornoe|first = Rob|date = 12 February 2013|work = Editor & Publisher|access-date = 5 July 2014}}</ref>

Despite holding a [[press pass]] while covering [[Occupy Oakland]], Cagle was arrested on two separate occasions—making her the first professional journalist to be arrested more than once while covering [[Occupy Movement|Occupy]]-related events.<ref name="washpo">{{cite news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=OCCUPY OAKLAND: After 2nd arrest, comics journalist Susie Cagle shares her on-the-ground experience|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/occupy-oakland-after-2nd-arrest-comics-journalist-susie-cagle-shares-her-on-the-ground-experience/2012/01/30/gIQAAu7UgQ_blog.html|access-date=20 February 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=31 January 2012}}</ref> After her first arrest, the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] sent a letter to the [[Oakland Police Department]] condemning the action.<ref name="msnbc">{{cite news |last=Cagle |first=Daryl |title=Charges Still Pending Against Susie Cagle |url=http://cartoonblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9380601-charges-still-pending-against-susie-cagle |access-date=20 February 2012 |newspaper=MSNBC |date=12 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207175746/http://cartoonblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9380601-charges-still-pending-against-susie-cagle |archive-date=February 7, 2012 }}</ref> Her second arrest occurred during a [[kettling|kettle]] at an [[Occupy Oakland]] event.<ref name="ebe">{{cite news|last=Osborn|first=John|title=How I Got Arrested at Occupy Oakland|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/how-i-got-arrested-at-occupy-oakland/Content?oid=3113852|access-date=20 February 2012|newspaper=East Bay Express|date=1 February 2012}}</ref> At the time, she carried an active press credential from the [[Freelancers' Guild]] and an expired press credential issued by the [[Oakland Police Department]].<ref name="washpo" />

Cagle's work was the subject of a solo show at San Francisco [[Cartoon Art Museum]] in 2012.<ref name="cartoon art museum" /> She was selected by the [[International Women's Media Foundation]] for a 2013 Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier grant.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.iwmf.org/women-entrepreneurs-in-digital-news-susie-cagle/|title = Women Entrepreneurs in Digital News – Susie Cagle|date = 29 March 2013|access-date = 5 July 2014|publisher = International Women's Media Foundation|last = Luhmann|first = Erin}}</ref>

She has a [[John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists|John S. Knight Journalism fellowship]] at [[Stanford University]] for 2015-16, with a focus on "How can we better support the growing field of professional media freelancers?"<ref>{{Cite web|title = Meet the New Class of Stanford Knight Fellows for 2015-16 {{!}} Idea Lab|url = http://mediashift.org/idealab/2015/05/meet-the-new-class-of-stanford-knight-fellows-for-2015-16/|website = mediashift.org|access-date = 2015-09-08|date = May 7, 2015|last = Dalton|first = Meg}}</ref>

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* [https://localwiki.org/oakland/Susie_Cagle LocalWiki: Oakland: Susie Cagle]
* [https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/author/susie-cagle/ Prison Legal News: articles by Susie Cagle]

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