Samantha Horton
Health ReporterSamantha Horton is a health 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. Most recently she was the All Things Considered newscaster at WFYI.
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 or on Signal at SamHorton.05
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The court filing details medical neglect, cells flooded with human waste and abusive punishments detainees claim to have experienced at the maximum security prison called the "Speedway Slammer" by the Trump administration. -
Candidates for Marion County prosecutor — Democratic incumbent Ryan Mears and Repubican challenger Philip Foust — disagree on crime data and youth violence ahead of Nov. 3 election. -
Four years after breaking ground, the $4.74 billion Indiana University Health Medical Center campus in downtown Indianapolis has entered its last stages of construction. -
The $1.9 billion dollar budget invests in public safety, infrastructure and quality of life. -
Longtime Indianapolis Colts General Manager Chris Ballard has been fired. The decision game following a loss Sunday to the Tennessee Titans 26-20. -
An expedition involving Purdue University found no conclusive evidence that an object spotted in satellite images on a Pacific atoll was Amelia Earhart's plane, concluding it was a collection of trees. -
The Zoo announced on Sept. 28 that it lost national accreditation through the Association for Zoo and Aquariums, or AZA. -
Marion County voters this November will choose between two candidates for sheriff. -
Marion County voters this November will choose between two candidates for prosecutor. -
More than 60 events protested ICE detention in Miami Correctional Facility.
