Sue O'Connell | |
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| Alma mater | Emerson College |
| Known for | Co-publisher of Bay Windows |
Sue O'Connell is an American publisher and media commentator based in Boston.
O'Connell grew up in Revere, Massachusetts to working class parents. [1] She graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1985. [2]
O'Connell has served on the national board of governors for the Human Rights Campaign and volunteered at the Boston AIDS Action Committee and the Fenway Health Community Health Center. [2]
O'Connell was involved with Bay Windows since 1998, and was a co-publisher from 2003 until 2021. [3] [4] She has been a co-owner of The EDGE Media Network, a national network of LGBTQ news web portal. [3]
From 2016-2019 she hosted The Take With Sue O'Connell on NECN. [5] Since 2023 she has co-hosted @Issue, a weekly program on NBC10 Boston with anchor Cory Smith. [6] [7] [8]
She has been a publisher of The South End News, a Boston weekly.[ citation needed ]
O'Connell is a lesbian and a single mother to a daughter, whom she homeschooled for a number of years. [3] She has lived in the Boston area for her entire life, with the exception of a six month period . [3]