She started her news career in Orange County, California, at Comcast Cable then headed to KESQ in Palm Springs where she was a field reporter.
After two years in the field she joined the NBC affiliate KMIR where she anchored a two-hour morning show.
Hendricks moved back to Los Angeles from Atlanta to be part of an interactive news channel on DirecTV.
However, her work schedule and limited public exposure encouraged her to return to Headline News in September 2005.
Susan has also become noted as a crime-victims advocate, getting particular recognition for her work on the Delphi murders of two young girls in 2017.