“I found him to be wise, introspective, and willing to acknowledge the frays around people’s edges. He is a natural reporter with exceptional investigative talent and an easy way with people from all walks of life.”
- Bob Woodward, The Washington Post
Writer. Editor. Environmentalist.
Sam is a Michigan native, with a background in written, broadcast, and photojournalism for public radio, as well as book doctoring, publication design, and international policy writing.
He earned his Masters of Environmental Management from Yale University, where he was named a 2019 Journalism Scholar by Bob Woodward (Washington Post) and Mark Ottenheimer (New York Times). He served as a Teaching Fellow for New York Times science writer, Carl Zimmer’s, Yale College journalism course: “Writing about Science, Medicine, and Technology,” and worked as the Arts and Communications Director for Yale’s graduate environmental publication - SAGE Magazine.
He currently contracts with Open Boat Editing in Washington D.C. as a ghostwriter, book doctor, editor, and interviewer.
Sam has worked alongside UNOCHA, UN IOM, Gates Foundation, World Bank, International Committee of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Mercy Corps, and others, to craft United Nations’ frameworks addressing gaps in humanitarian climate-disaster preparedness, and the threats of using advanced data science methods for humanitarian missions.
With experience in nearly 50 countries, Sam enjoys working with people from all cultural backgrounds, and all walks of life. He believes everyone has a story to tell.
Work has been published by: Little, Brown and Company; The United Nations Data Science and Ethics Group; Public Radio Exchange; Ideastream; WBFO Buffalo; Michigan Public Radio; Interlochen Public Radio; North Country Public Radio; SAGE Magazine; Bridge Magazine; Great Lakes Echo; Great Lakes Today; The New Haven Register; and the Traverse City Record Eagle.
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