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I’m Suzannah Cavanaugh, a Brooklyn-based audio journalist and podcast producer who co-launched and hosted The Real Deal’s award-winning Deconstructed podcast. I tracked and edited weekly episodes, that analyzed real estate trends and breaking news, from the 2023 bank collapses to the Trump era’s impact on commercial real estate. I'm comfortable editing in Audition and Pro Tools. My print experience encompasses short news hits, Q&As and reported long-form magazine stories. I’ve contributed dozens of magazine cover stories to The Real Deal, including NAREE award-winning reporting on the L.A. fires and a profile of Trump-appointed FHFA Director Bill Pulte. I’ve driven audience growth with scoops on distress in real estate crowdfunding and coverage of rent-stabilized housing and I’ve built a career that blends rigorous reporting with engaging storytelling.…I’m Suzannah Cavanaugh, a Brooklyn-based audio journalist and podcast producer who co-launched and hosted The Real Deal’s award-winning Deconstructed podcast. I tracked and edited weekly episodes, that analyzed real estate trends and breaking news, from the 2023 bank collapses to the Trump era’s impact on commercial real estate. I'm comfortable editing in Audition and Pro Tools. My print experience encompasses short news hits, Q&As and reported long-form magazine stories. I’ve contributed dozens of magazine cover stories to The Real Deal, including NAREE award-winning reporting on the L.A. fires and a profile of Trump-appointed FHFA Director Bill Pulte. I’ve driven audience growth with scoops on distress in real estate crowdfunding and coverage of rent-stabilized housing and I’ve built a career that blends rigorous reporting with engaging storytelling.

Suzannah Cavanaugh

Podcast Producer, Content Producer, Filmmaker, +2

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I’m Suzannah Cavanaugh, a Brooklyn-based audio journalist and podcast producer who co-launched and hosted The Real Deal’s award-winning Deconstructed podcast. I tracked and edited weekly episodes, that analyzed real estate trends and breaking news, from the 2023 bank collapses to the Trump era’s impact on commercial real estate. I'm comfortable editing in Audition and Pro Tools. My print experience encompasses short news hits, Q&As and reported long-form magazine stories. I’ve contributed dozens of magazine cover stories to The Real Deal, including NAREE award-winning reporting on the L.A. fires and a profile of Trump-appointed FHFA Director Bill Pulte. I’ve driven audience growth with scoops on distress in real estate crowdfunding and coverage of rent-stabilized housing and I’ve built a career that blends rigorous reporting with engaging storytelling.…I’m Suzannah Cavanaugh, a Brooklyn-based audio journalist and podcast producer who co-launched and hosted The Real Deal’s award-winning Deconstructed podcast. I tracked and edited weekly episodes, that analyzed real estate trends and breaking news, from the 2023 bank collapses to the Trump era’s impact on commercial real estate. I'm comfortable editing in Audition and Pro Tools. My print experience encompasses short news hits, Q&As and reported long-form magazine stories. I’ve contributed dozens of magazine cover stories to The Real Deal, including NAREE award-winning reporting on the L.A. fires and a profile of Trump-appointed FHFA Director Bill Pulte. I’ve driven audience growth with scoops on distress in real estate crowdfunding and coverage of rent-stabilized housing and I’ve built a career that blends rigorous reporting with engaging storytelling.

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I’m Suzannah Cavanaugh, a Brooklyn-based audio journalist and podcast producer who co-launched and hosted The Real Deal’s award-winning Deconstructed podcast. I tracked and edited weekly episodes, that analyzed real estate trends and breaking news, from the 2023 bank collapses to the Trump era’s impact on commercial real estate. I’m comfortable editing in Audition and Pro Tools.

My print experience encompasses short news hits, Q&As and reported long-form magazine stories. I’ve contributed dozens of magazine cover stories to The Real Deal, including NAREE award-winning reporting on the L.A. fires and a profile of Trump-appointed FHFA Director Bill Pulte. I’ve driven audience growth with scoops on distress in real estate crowdfunding and coverage of rent-stabilized housing and I’ve built a career that blends rigorous reporting with engaging storytelling.

Skills

Voiceover

Experience Level

Voiceover

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Reporter; Podcast Producer, Host at The Real Deal

May 1, 2021 - June 30, 2025

Investigative reporting on real estate; co-launched the award-winning Deconstructed podcast; weekly episodes analyzing real estate trends and breaking news from 2023 bank collapses to the Trump effect on commercial real estate; contributed magazine cover stories and built audience through scoops.

Investigative Reporter at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

August 1, 2019 - May 31, 2021

Wrote, produced, narrated and edited a documentary on Pennsylvania restaurant workers who would not receive unemployment because managers instructed them not to claim tips. Included FOIA requests, interviews, and a medical resident and student suicide investigation.

Contributor at Capital & Main

June 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020

Covered U.S. equities’ roller-coaster ride through meme stock winter 2021; mined the WallStreetBets subreddit to publish a front-page piece on the young traders pushing up crypto penny stocks.

Knight-Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University

August 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026

Participating in the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship to study economics and journalism for business reporting.