Sue O'Connell

Sue O'Connell is an American publisher and media commentator based in Boston.

Sue O'Connell
Alma mater	Emerson College
Known for	Co-publisher of Bay Windows

Early life and education

O'Connell grew up in Revere, Massachusetts to working class parents.^[1] She graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1985.^[2]

Career

O'Connell has served on the national board of governors for the Human Rights Campaign and volunteered at the Boston AIDS Action Committee and the Fenway Health Community Health Center.^[2]

O'Connell was involved with Bay Windows since 1998, and was a co-publisher from 2003 until 2021.^[3][4] She has been a co-owner of The EDGE Media Network, a national network of LGBTQ news web portal.^[3]

From 2016-2019 she hosted The Take With Sue O'Connell on NECN.^[5] Since 2023 she has co-hosted @Issue, a weekly program on NBC10 Boston with anchor Cory Smith.^[6][7][8]

She has been a publisher of The South End News, a Boston weekly.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and honors

• Gay Power Player (2006), Boston Magazine^[2]
• Top New England LGBT Power Player (2015), Boston Spirit Magazine^[2]
• Best TV News Host, for The Take With Sue O'Connell, in Boston Magazine's Best of Boston awards^[9]

Personal life

O'Connell is a lesbian and a single mother to a daughter, whom she homeschooled for a number of years.^[3] She has lived in the Boston area for her entire life, with the exception of a six month period .^[3]