About Samantha

I’m a London-based journalist and storyteller for CNN International, with more than 15 years 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 BLOOD, FLOWERS BLOOM: A World War II Story of Valor and Forgiveness Across Generations, is available for preorder now, publishing April 15, 2025.

Currently, I am a supervising producer 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