Expertise
City Life, Theme Parks, Arts & Culture
- For five consecutive years, Samantha was a Keystone Press Award recipient.
- She has traveled to major cities, including New York and Chicago, to interview A-list celebrities, attend film screenings, and cover events.
- Samantha has a passion for arts and culture when she travels, whether seeing her favorite show, "Wicked," on stage or trying the newest restaurant in her hometown of Philadelphia.
Experience
Samantha's passion for writing began in childhood when she pored over her favorite magazines. In 2017, she landed a full-time gig as the associate editor for the Lower Bucks Times newspaper, covering local happenings in theater, business, and lifestyle. She joined Static Media in 2022 as a writer for Looper and started penning stories for Money Digest in 2024. That same year, she joined the Islands news team as an editor.
Education
Samantha graduated in 2015 from Drexel University with a bachelor of arts degree in communications/journalism.
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