Susan Hendricks

Susan Hendricks is an anchor with CNN and CNN Headline News based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta. Hendricks also appears occasionally on CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s on-demand broadband news service.

Hendricks decided to pursue a career in television journalism after hearing Walter Cronkite speak in one of her journalism courses at Arizona State University. She started her news career in Orange County, Ca. at Comcast cable then headed to KESQ in Palm Springs where she was a field reporter. It was at KESQ that Susan was able to meet the source of her inspiration, and interviewed Walter Cronkite for a piece on KESQ.

After two years in the field she joined the NBC affiliate KMIR where she anchored a two-hour morning show.

After a few years with KMIR, Susan headed to Atlanta and joined CNN Headline News where she anchored the weekend and primetime news shows as well. She covered breaking stories. Susan also acted as an entertainment correspondent. While at CNN, Susan also anchored a CNN interactive news site on CNN.com.

Susan came to Los Angeles from Atlanta to as part of an interactive news channel on DIRECTV. However, her work schedule and limited public exposure encouraged her to returned to Headline News in September 2005.

Hendricks started her journalism career at Comcast Cable in Los Angeles.

Hendricks earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Arizona State University.

Hendricks is originally from New Brunswick, New Jersey. She attended high school at the Hun School of Princeton.