Samantha Horton

Samantha Horton is the All Things Considered newscaster and a reporter at WFYI. She is a graduate from University of Evansville with a bachelor’s degree in international studies, political science and communication where she also swam all four years. Samantha has worked as a reporter at WNIN in Evansville, Side Effects Public Media, Indiana Public Broadcasting and the Kansas News Service. In 2022 she was one of two fellows with the NPR Midwest Newsroom and Missouri Independent investigating elevated blood lead levels in children.

Samantha has won statewide and national awards. Her work has also been heard on NPR, Here & Now and Science Friday.

Areas of focus in her reporting include immigration, housing and sports. In these topics she aims to bring personal stories to policy issues and amplify overlooked voices.

In her leisure time Samantha does pottery, works to keep her Duolingo streak going, and trains to run her sixth marathon.

Contact Samantha at shorton@wfyi.org and follow her on X at @SamHorton5