About Samantha
I’m an Atlanta-based journalist and storyteller for CNN International, with more than a decade of experience producing award-winning, multi-platform content. I’ve reported across the US and around the world -- including in India, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait, Thailand, South Korea, Jamaica, Norway, England, Hong Kong, France, and the UAE.
My first book, IN THE BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A Post-War Story of Forgiveness (working title), is coming to PublicAffairs in Spring 2025.
Currently, I am a Senior Writer & Editor for CNN International Productions, the global features unit. A graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, I also have an MFA in Narrative Nonfiction from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication.
Story interests include space, sports, health & wellness, international affairs, WWII history, and finding inspiration in both the ordinary and the extraordinary.
SELECT AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
4-time News & Documentary Emmy Awards nominee (2023, 2021, 2017)
2017 Livingston Awards Finalist
2020 Environmental Media Association Best Documentary Film
2023, 2021 National Headliner Awards (1st place)
2019 National Headliner Awards (2nd place)
2015 Grierson Documentary Awards finalist
2013 Foreign Press Association Sports Story of the Year
2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award
2012 Foreign Press Association Story of the Year