Susannah Frame
Reporter
Susannah Frame is a KING 5 investigative reporter. Her stories have exposed many wrongs, including cases of government waste, real estate fraud, and homeland security breaches. Frame's investigations have led to changes in public policy, congressional investigations, federal indictments and convictions, and created new state laws. Frame has also won many awards for her reports.
In 2010 Frame won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcast journalism for the investigation “Waste on the Water", which exposed millions of tax dollars wasted in the Washington State Ferry system. The duPont Awards are considered the most prestigious broadcast journalism awards and equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. For "Waste on the Water" Frame also won a National Headliners Award, the National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award, a regional Society of Professional Journalists Award, the national Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Television Journalism, and an Emmy award. In addition, Seattle Magazine named Frame one of the 25 Most Influential People of the Year, the Seattle Weekly named her Radio/Television Reporter of the Year, and the Municipal League of King County honored her as Governmental Reporter of the Year.
In 2009, Frame won two national Clarion Awards for "State of Injustice", which exposed flaws in Washington's child welfare system through the stories of two young foster children. She also won an Edward R. Murrow award, an Emmy, and a Society of Professional Journalists award for "State of Injustice". Frame's reporting on a foster child who was unfairly taken from her grandparents won a national Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism from the Journalism Center on Children and Families, an affiliate of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. "Back from the Brink: A grandchild comes home" examined how the state and court system tore a family apart by putting a child in foster care after being raised by her grandparents. The stories resulted in the child being reunited with her family.
In 2007 Frame won an Edward R. Murrow award in the News Series category for "Exposing E-gate." This uncovered that nearly half of the Port of Seattle Police Department was involved in sending or receiving pornographic and racist e-mails within the department on government computers on government time. Frame also won a Society of Professional Journalists award for "Exposing E-gate" for Investigative Reporting. In 2007 Frame won an Emmy for her work on "Upfront: Turmoil at the Port" in the Government & Politics Program category.
In 2006, Frame won an Emmy for Investigative Journalism for "Nothing to Call Home," which exposed a mortgage fraud scheme that victimized many immigrants and fellow church members of the woman who masterminded the scheme. Frame was also awarded a Society of Professional Journalists award for "Nothing to Call Home." These stories led to the arrest,federal indictment and conviction of the mortgage broker. That year Frame also won a Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Signs of Trouble," which uncovered evidence of gang members working in the cargo bins of Alaska Airlines airplanes. In addition, she won a Society of Professional Journalists award for "Troubling Treatment," which exposed problems associated with an unlicensed facility offering treatment for people with mental illness. In 2006, Frame also won an Emmy for Spot News.
In 2005, Frame won the national Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Journalism for a series of reports entitled "Trouble on the Tarmac," which uncovered safety and security flaws at Alaska Airlines. This prestigious award is given by the Society of Professional Journalists. The series also won an Edward R. Murrow award for Continuing News Coverage, and a Society of Professional Journalists award. Frame won another Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Deals of Deception," which exposed a mortgage fraud scheme. That year she also won a Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Cracks in the System." That story exposed government waste and a slow response to critical problems in Tacoma's sidewalk program. In 2005 she also won a Best of the West award for Consumer Reporting.
In 2004, Frame won an Emmy for Investigative Reporting for "Slow to Act," which exposed the state's lack of aggressive action in closing shoddy day cares. Also in 2004, Frame won an Edward R. Murrow Award for News Series, which detailed the tragic death of a young boy in Eastern Washington at the hands of his mother, after a series of warnings that weren't heeded by the Department of Social and Health Services. In 2004 she was also awarded the Journalist of the Year Award from the Washington State Trial Lawyer's Association for stories on unfair practices in the insurance industry.
In 2003, Frame won a Society of Professional Journalists Award, Investigative Reporting, for a report called "Fugitive Aid." This story uncovered how wanted felons in our state were receiving state assistance, and that state agencies weren't sharing information with each other that would help find the wanted criminals.
In 2002, Frame won the Edward R. Murrow award for Investigative Reporting, an Emmy for Investigative Reporting, and a Best of the West Award for Investigative Reporting for "Fugitive Aid."
Before joining the investigative unit, Frame anchored the KING 5 Weekend Morning News, KING 5 News at Noon, and was a general assignment reporter. She has covered a number of high-profile stories for KING 5 News such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the O.J. Simpson case, two Rose Bowls, and the Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles.
Prior to joining KING 5, Frame was a consumer reporter and weekend anchor for KREM-TV (CBS) in Spokane. Before that she was a documentary producer in New York City, a reporter and anchor at WFRV-TV (ABC) in Green Bay, WI, and a reporter at KNDO-TV (NBC) in Yakima. Frame began her career as a production assistant for CBS Sports.
Frame holds degrees in both Broadcast Journalism and Spanish from the University of Washington. She also attended the University of Guadalajara in Mexico and Hunter College in New York City. Frame is a King County Master Gardener and supports several community causes including the efforts of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN). She also enjoys running, traveling, skiing, and spending time with her family and friends.
In 2010 Frame won the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in broadcast journalism for the investigation “Waste on the Water", which exposed millions of tax dollars wasted in the Washington State Ferry system. The duPont Awards are considered the most prestigious broadcast journalism awards and equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. For "Waste on the Water" Frame also won a National Headliners Award, the National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award, a regional Society of Professional Journalists Award, the national Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Television Journalism, and an Emmy award. In addition, Seattle Magazine named Frame one of the 25 Most Influential People of the Year, the Seattle Weekly named her Radio/Television Reporter of the Year, and the Municipal League of King County honored her as Governmental Reporter of the Year.
In 2009, Frame won two national Clarion Awards for "State of Injustice", which exposed flaws in Washington's child welfare system through the stories of two young foster children. She also won an Edward R. Murrow award, an Emmy, and a Society of Professional Journalists award for "State of Injustice". Frame's reporting on a foster child who was unfairly taken from her grandparents won a national Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism from the Journalism Center on Children and Families, an affiliate of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. "Back from the Brink: A grandchild comes home" examined how the state and court system tore a family apart by putting a child in foster care after being raised by her grandparents. The stories resulted in the child being reunited with her family.
In 2007 Frame won an Edward R. Murrow award in the News Series category for "Exposing E-gate." This uncovered that nearly half of the Port of Seattle Police Department was involved in sending or receiving pornographic and racist e-mails within the department on government computers on government time. Frame also won a Society of Professional Journalists award for "Exposing E-gate" for Investigative Reporting. In 2007 Frame won an Emmy for her work on "Upfront: Turmoil at the Port" in the Government & Politics Program category.
In 2006, Frame won an Emmy for Investigative Journalism for "Nothing to Call Home," which exposed a mortgage fraud scheme that victimized many immigrants and fellow church members of the woman who masterminded the scheme. Frame was also awarded a Society of Professional Journalists award for "Nothing to Call Home." These stories led to the arrest,federal indictment and conviction of the mortgage broker. That year Frame also won a Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Signs of Trouble," which uncovered evidence of gang members working in the cargo bins of Alaska Airlines airplanes. In addition, she won a Society of Professional Journalists award for "Troubling Treatment," which exposed problems associated with an unlicensed facility offering treatment for people with mental illness. In 2006, Frame also won an Emmy for Spot News.
In 2005, Frame won the national Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Journalism for a series of reports entitled "Trouble on the Tarmac," which uncovered safety and security flaws at Alaska Airlines. This prestigious award is given by the Society of Professional Journalists. The series also won an Edward R. Murrow award for Continuing News Coverage, and a Society of Professional Journalists award. Frame won another Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Deals of Deception," which exposed a mortgage fraud scheme. That year she also won a Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Cracks in the System." That story exposed government waste and a slow response to critical problems in Tacoma's sidewalk program. In 2005 she also won a Best of the West award for Consumer Reporting.
In 2004, Frame won an Emmy for Investigative Reporting for "Slow to Act," which exposed the state's lack of aggressive action in closing shoddy day cares. Also in 2004, Frame won an Edward R. Murrow Award for News Series, which detailed the tragic death of a young boy in Eastern Washington at the hands of his mother, after a series of warnings that weren't heeded by the Department of Social and Health Services. In 2004 she was also awarded the Journalist of the Year Award from the Washington State Trial Lawyer's Association for stories on unfair practices in the insurance industry.
In 2003, Frame won a Society of Professional Journalists Award, Investigative Reporting, for a report called "Fugitive Aid." This story uncovered how wanted felons in our state were receiving state assistance, and that state agencies weren't sharing information with each other that would help find the wanted criminals.
In 2002, Frame won the Edward R. Murrow award for Investigative Reporting, an Emmy for Investigative Reporting, and a Best of the West Award for Investigative Reporting for "Fugitive Aid."
Before joining the investigative unit, Frame anchored the KING 5 Weekend Morning News, KING 5 News at Noon, and was a general assignment reporter. She has covered a number of high-profile stories for KING 5 News such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the O.J. Simpson case, two Rose Bowls, and the Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles.
Prior to joining KING 5, Frame was a consumer reporter and weekend anchor for KREM-TV (CBS) in Spokane. Before that she was a documentary producer in New York City, a reporter and anchor at WFRV-TV (ABC) in Green Bay, WI, and a reporter at KNDO-TV (NBC) in Yakima. Frame began her career as a production assistant for CBS Sports.
Frame holds degrees in both Broadcast Journalism and Spanish from the University of Washington. She also attended the University of Guadalajara in Mexico and Hunter College in New York City. Frame is a King County Master Gardener and supports several community causes including the efforts of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN). She also enjoys running, traveling, skiing, and spending time with her family and friends.
