Susan Goldberg is an American journalist, former editor in chief of National Geographic Magazine, and current President and CEO of the WGBH Educational Foundation, the largest provider of programming to PBS.
"[5] Goldberg thinks her career success began as a 20-year-old at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, when she was hired from an 8-week internship into full-time job as a reporter.
[10] Goldberg moved to Michigan's Detroit Free Press, where she became the first woman to be sent to Lansing, the state capital, where she covered the governor and legislature.
[11][6] She then moved to California's San Jose Mercury News, as a reporter, where she played a key role in the paper's coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which went on to win a Pulitzer Prize.
"[20] During 2012 and 2013 Goldberg was president of the American Society of News Editors, with a focus on developing young leaders in journalism.
[22][23] Goldberg's tenure as editor in chief of National Geographic ended in 2022,[24] after which she took up a position as professor and vice dean at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.
[25] In December 2022, she was named president and CEO of WGBH, replacing Jon Abbot as the first woman to lead the foundation.
"[33] The edition was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize, for "a deep and sensitive exploration of gender worldwide, using remarkable photography, moving video and clear writing to illuminate a subject that is at once familiar and misunderstood.