Susan Tonassi

Based in Berlin, Germany, Susan Tonassi is a trained journalist with nearly two decades of international communications experience. A member of the global practice, she designs, manages, and carries out complex global media promotions that secure top-tier coverage. Her work focuses on a wide range of topics, including forestry and land rights, agriculture and the environment, and human rights. She has secured placements for clients in nearly all major media outlets, including the Financial Times, Economist, BBC, Guardian, Associated Press, The Atlantic, Time, and National Public Radio. She also oversees and collaborates on digital projects, and serves as the team’s European media expert.

She comes to Burness with a wide-ranging background in communications. She started out as a reporter and writer. After graduating from Boston University with a journalism degree, she covered economics for the Washington, D.C. bureau of the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest daily newspaper. She spent a year in Germany as a Fulbright Young Professional Journalist, which gave her the opportunity to work at Deutsche Welle and other German outlets. She also worked as a freelance writer and editor.