[1] Born in Belgrade to a writer and journalist father Živorad "Šilja" Mihailović [sr] (1920-2003) from Kruševac[2] and Yugoslav Constitutional Court judge and Federal Executive Council (SIV) member mother Radojka Katić (1922–?)

With SFR Yugoslavia's disintegration in full swing along the lines of its six constituent republics, and all the ways that process affected the country's state-owned media outlets, Suša quit her RTB job in May 1991, unhappy with the network's editorial shift under CEO Dušan Mitević towards uncritical support of the SR Serbia president Slobodan Milošević and his ruling Socialist party.

Immediately upon leaving RTB, Suša joined the upstart Yutel, a nightly television newscast financially backed by the Federal Executive Council (SIV) under the presidency of Ante Marković.

It didn't take long for the differences of opinion among the ethnically diverse members of the Yutel newsroom to arise over the angle, tone, and context of various reports being produced and disseminated by the newscast on the nature and circumstances of the unfolding violent events.

Suša saw what she considered editor-in-chief Milić's initial "symmetrical" approach when it came to covering the events, that is presenting both sides of the dispute, gradually give way to tilting the coverage in favour of the Croatian cause.

[5] She singled out Milić's deputy Jela Jevremović in this regard, considering her conduct towards Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) leaders at press conferences in Sarajevo to be "rude and uncivilized".

[7] In hours following 5 October 2000 overthrow of Slobodan Milošević in Serbia, Suša was briefly put in charge of editing the RTS broadcasts and was throughout 2001 in the running for top editorial positions at the network,[8] but nothing came of it on this occasion.