Susan Zirinsky (born March 3, 1952) is an American journalist and television news producer. She has been the executive producer of 48 Hours since 1996. She also produces breaking news specials for CBS News. She won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2002 for producing the documentary 9/11.In 2013, she was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Television & Film Awards.Zirinsky was born in New York City and raised in Neponsit, Queens, the daughter of Cynthia (née Finkelstein) and Richard Zirinsky (1915–2002). Her sister, Barbara Zirinsky Faden, died in 1999 at age 50 from cancer. Her mother created Gracie Square Hospital in New York City and she works as a mental health care professional. Her father was a New York City real-estate developer. The Richard and Cynthia Zirinsky Center for Bipolar Disorder is named after her parents and located at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. Zirinsky graduated from the School of Communications at American University in Washington D.C. She delivered the communication school commencement address in 2009. Her nickname in the newsroom is Z. She married her husband Joseph Peyronnin in 1984. Peyronnin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist. After covering the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the couple adopted a baby girl from China in 1996 and named her Zoe. Wikipedia
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