Susan Percy • Writer & Editor

Susan Percy is an award-winning Metro Atlanta-based journalist who writes about Georgia business, politics, and government.

She was executive editor and editor of Georgia Trend Magazine from 2001 through 2013 and remains a regular contributor to the publication, which covers business and politics in Georgia.

Susan’s work has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), the AABP (Alliance for Area Business Publications), the Magazine Association of the Southeast (MAGS), and the Atlanta Press Club. She is a member of the MAGS Hall of Fame.

Most recently, she shared a first-place SPJ Green Eyeshade award for Serious Commentary, magazines, for a selection of Georgia Trend columns that addressed protecting people and their rights; and her work was a part of a package of stories and columns on the effects of COVID-19 that won a Green Eyeshade Public Service Gold Award for magazines.

Susan is a cum laude graduate of the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia and was inducted in 2023 into the Grady Fellowship, an honor given to individuals whose work brings credit to the college. Susan has served on the Grady Society Alumni Board and Emory University Ethics Center’s Media Advisory Board.