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 or on Signal at SamHorton.05
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The UConn Huskies and Michigan are going to the NCAA March Madness Finals. The two teams will play for the championship title Monday night. -
The northern maple floorboards are made by hand at a mill in Michigan before the court is assembled and finished with painted logos and sealed. It also undergoes testing to confirm it meets regulations. -
The NCAA Final Four Legacy Project invests in the host city, and this year it chose a revitalization project at Indianapolis east side’s Christian Park. -
It’s not just the Division I championship that Indianapolis is hosting. For the first time in history all the men’s college basketball championships will be held in one city. -
Community advocates from across the state met Saturday in Indianapolis to discuss the implications of new state policies affecting immigrants and navigate a path forward. -
Hundreds of volunteers spread out across Indianapolis Tuesday to help prepare the city for next week's NCAA Men's Final Four basketball games. -
Simon Property Group announced its CEO David Simon passed away Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 64. -
The Purdue men’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet Sixteen. The Boilermakers secured their spot defeating the Miami Hurricanes 79-69 in Round 2 of the NCAA March Madness tournament Sunday afternoon. -
New electric-powered wheelchairs capable of travel over all types of terrain will be available to visitors with limited mobility at all Indiana state parks free of cost. -
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Cignetti will drive the honorary Pace Car for the “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
