Samantha Horton
All Things Considered Newscaster and ReporterSamantha 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 or on Signal at SamHorton.05
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"Out of the 2,977 lives that were lost, there’s over 1,000 bodies that were never recovered specifically from Ground Zero in New York," said Scott Nokes of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. -
Thousands of people in Indiana lost their legal right to live and work in the state last month. -
Indiana officials say the federal money will support emergency response across the state. -
Attorney General Todd Rokita sought information from Exodus Refugee Immigration about its clients, partners and donors. It claimed potential labor-trafficking and interference with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing the town council of Merrillville for claims local officials are interfering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. -
Hundreds gathered at Holland Park in Fishers carrying signs with pro-immigration messages, some denouncing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
A rally billed as the nation's first "mass deportation rally," headlined by former Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino, comes to Fishers Saturday alongside a counter-march organized by immigrant advocacy groups. -
Indiana surpassed its goal of 100 high school girls flag footable teams, a milestone that clears the way for the INHSAA to consider fully sanctioning the sport as soon as 2007. -
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner spoke to some of Warren Central High School’s girls flag football team at the Tuesday announcement. -
Mayor Joe Hogsett vetoed a proposal, recently passed by the Indianapolis City-County Council, that was designed to improve roads by using funds raised by higher vehicle registration fees.
