Trudy Suggs is the newly-appointed editor of Silent News, the nation's oldest and most widely circulated newspaper for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. She will oversee the monthly newspaper and its web site (http://www.silentnews.com). She previously wrote for DeafNation and other deaf community newspapers. Her investigative reporting, notably on the Saturn television commercial featuring a hearing person impersonating a deaf person, has won wide acclaim.

Ms. Suggs, an Illinois native, received her BA degree in government and communication arts from Gallaudet University and her master's degree in public administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Before assuming her new position at Silent News, she worked as an administrator with a nonprofit

organization serving deaf and hard of hearing people in metropolitan