Suzanne Nossel


Suzanne Nossel is the CEO of PEN America and a member of Facebook's oversight board. She was formerly deputy assistant secretary of state for international organizations at the U.S. State Department.

Articles by Suzanne Nossel
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31:  U.S. President Donald Trump (R) announces the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. If confirmed, Gorsuch would fill the seat left vacant with the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) announces the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC. If confirmed, Gorsuch would fill the seat left vacant with the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
FORT DODGE, IA - NOVEMBER 12:  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about his book during a campaign stop at Iowa Central Community College on November 12, 2015 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The stop comes on the heals of Tuesday's eight-candidate Republican debate in Milwaukee where a national poll of viewers declared Trump the winner.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
FORT DODGE, IA - NOVEMBER 12: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about his book during a campaign stop at Iowa Central Community College on November 12, 2015 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The stop comes on the heals of Tuesday's eight-candidate Republican debate in Milwaukee where a national poll of viewers declared Trump the winner. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaks during the 2016 National Lawyers Convention sponsored by the Federalist Society in Washington, DC on November 18, 2016. / AFP / Mandel Ngan        (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaks during the 2016 National Lawyers Convention sponsored by the Federalist Society in Washington, DC on November 18, 2016. / AFP / Mandel Ngan (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the press after a meeting at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, on April 14, 2011. Clinton is in Berlin to attend the two-day NATO Foreign Ministers meetings. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL KAPPELER    GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the press after a meeting at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, on April 14, 2011. Clinton is in Berlin to attend the two-day NATO Foreign Ministers meetings. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Protesters hold up a new newspaper by the former team of Zaman called "Yarina Bakis" ("Look to tomorrow") during a demonstration near the headquarters of the newspaper Zaman in Istanbul on March 6, 2016. 
Turkish police on March 4 raided the Istanbul premises of the Zaman newspaper using tear gas and water cannon to enter the building in order to impose a court order placing the media business under administration. The front page of the paper, normally strongly critical of the president, on March 6 was full of articles supporting the government.  / AFP / OZAN KOSE        (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters hold up a new newspaper by the former team of Zaman called "Yarina Bakis" ("Look to tomorrow") during a demonstration near the headquarters of the newspaper Zaman in Istanbul on March 6, 2016. Turkish police on March 4 raided the Istanbul premises of the Zaman newspaper using tear gas and water cannon to enter the building in order to impose a court order placing the media business under administration. The front page of the paper, normally strongly critical of the president, on March 6 was full of articles supporting the government. / AFP / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)
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A man checks facebook on his smartphone while waiting for a train in a metro station in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2012. Mere weeks from a multi-billion-dollar debut on the stock market, Facebook has ramped up its focus on mobile lifestyles with the purchase of "social discovery" startup Glancee. Facebook has made a priority of following its users onto smartphones at the heart of Digital Age lifestyles even though the social network has yet to make clear how it plans to make money doing so. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad        (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)
A man checks facebook on his smartphone while waiting for a train in a metro station in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2012. Mere weeks from a multi-billion-dollar debut on the stock market, Facebook has ramped up its focus on mobile lifestyles with the purchase of "social discovery" startup Glancee. Facebook has made a priority of following its users onto smartphones at the heart of Digital Age lifestyles even though the social network has yet to make clear how it plans to make money doing so. AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)
A man in a crowd of supporters holds up a sign portraying the face of Uganda's incumbent president Yoweri Museveni on February 16, 2011 during Museveni's last public rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, two days before the general elections. Uganda entered the final day of campaigning today in elections that will likely secure another term for President Yoweri Museveni, already the longest-serving leader in the region. AFP PHOTO/Simon Maina (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
A man in a crowd of supporters holds up a sign portraying the face of Uganda's incumbent president Yoweri Museveni on February 16, 2011 during Museveni's last public rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, two days before the general elections. Uganda entered the final day of campaigning today in elections that will likely secure another term for President Yoweri Museveni, already the longest-serving leader in the region. AFP PHOTO/Simon Maina (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - MARCH 10: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after keynoting a Women's Empowerment Event at the United Nations March 10, 2015 in New York City. Clinton answered questions about recent allegations of an improperly used email account during her tenure as secretary of state.  (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - MARCH 10: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after keynoting a Women's Empowerment Event at the United Nations March 10, 2015 in New York City. Clinton answered questions about recent allegations of an improperly used email account during her tenure as secretary of state. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - FEBRUARY 17:  Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at Parliament on February 17, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. Putin is in Budapest on a one-day visit, his first visit to an EU-member country since he attended ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasions in France in June, 2014.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - FEBRUARY 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at Parliament on February 17, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. Putin is in Budapest on a one-day visit, his first visit to an EU-member country since he attended ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasions in France in June, 2014. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)