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Suzanne St. Pierre

Covering three decades of news, Suzanne St. Pierre built her career as a producer for newsmagazines, including over fifty segments of 60 Minutes. She has produced segments for numerous correspondents, including Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Diane Sawyer, Lesley Stahl, and Meredith Vieira. Her work as a producer has led to the creation of several movies, including "Rain Man", starring Dustin Hoffman. She has received a Peabody, three Columbia-duPont awards, and four Emmys for her work. Her segment discusses her work for NBC, CBS, and 60 minutes, and what it meant to be a woman in the news media in the 60s. She also discusses her personal relationship to the woman pictured in the Kent State photo.