 Susman akaramba ari pabasa rake paAssociated Press, achinyanya kutaura nezvehondo muLiberia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congopanguva iyoyo yainzi Zaire, kuchinja kwakaitika paaiva ikoko, uye kuchinja kwezvematongerwe enyika muNigeria, Cameroon, nokumwewo. Imwe yenyaya dzake dzakakurumbira kubva panguva ino yaive chidimbu paGeneral Butt Naked, mutungamiriri wehondo weLiberia aityiwa zvikuru waakawana muna 1997. Gore rakatevera, akava munyori weAfrica we Newsday kubva kuJohannesburg, South Africa. Muna 1999, Susman akahwina mubairo wake wekutanga mumakwikwi emubairo, mubairo wekutanga wenhau dzepasi rose kubva kuNew York Association of Black Journalists nekuda kwekufukidzwa kwake kwehondo yevagari vemo muSierra Leone, kusanganisira nyaya dzekurwiswa kwevapanduki kuguta guru, Freetown, uye kubvunzurudzwa nevakapona pakurwiswa. Mugore iroro, vana vake vaiva varwi vokuAfrica vakagamuchira mubairo weCitation for Excellence kubva kuOverseas Press Club. NaNewsday munyori, Geoffrey Mohan, achiburitsa kubva kuSouth America, akahwina Sigma Delta Chi yeKunze Kwekunze kubva kuSosaiti yeVanyori venhau veProfessional kune imwe nhevedzano yekushandiswa kwevana semasoja muLiberia neSierra Leone, kuedza kuvadzorera, uye matambudziko ekudzoka kwavo. Iri basa rakawanawo mubayiro kubva kuNational Association of Black Journalists nokuda kwekufukidzwa kunoshamisa kwemamiriro ezvinhu evatema. 