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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Here's your voter guide for Marion County prosecutor. The primary election is May 5. -
Here's your voter guide for Marion County sheriff. The primary election is May 5. -
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources proposed a quota increase for bobcat hunting and trapping. Animal welfare advocates say that could lead to the animal’s extinction in the state. -
U.S. Rep. André Carson demands closure of ICE detention operations at Miami Correctional Facility, citing two detainee deaths and reports of inadequate medical care. -
The Wolverines won the program's first national basketball championship since 1989. -
Fifty years ago the Indiana University men’s basketball team made history as a D-I team to go undefeated the entire season and win the national championship. -
The HBCU All-Star Game weekend brings the top men’s basketball players from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to showcase their talent. Leading up to the game the schedule included a Black business marketplace, an HBCU college fair, and athletes volunteered in the community. -
UConn 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.
