Samantha Sommer
News DirectorExpertise: Editing, broadcasting, newsroom leadership
Contact: ssommer@wyso.org
Samantha Sommer (she/her) is the news director for WYSO, where she leads a team of award-winning reporters and anchors and collaborates with NPR stations across Ohio.
She joined the station in May 2022 after more than 20 years with Cox Enterprises, most recently as managing editor for investigations for the Dayton Daily News. Samantha also has served as the editor of the Springfield News-Sun, and Springfield bureau chief for WHIO TV and WHIO Radio.
She is a Detroit native and a graduate of Northwestern University. Samantha is married with a son and two adult stepchildren.
Why trust us
WYSO's independent, nonprofit news team has decades of experience writing and reporting. Our first responsibility is to be a trusted source of news for the Miami Valley and southwest Ohio. There is no connection between our funding and editorial decisions.
Our mission is to produce trustworthy journalism that is fact-based, researched, transparent, intellectually curious, pushes beyond the obvious answers, local, fair, and, when it’s called for, embraces the search for solutions. We believe an educated citizenry is essential to the functioning of our democracy.
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A train derailed in Clark County near the fairgrounds and Prime Ohio Corporate Park, the fourth Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio in five months. -
Former President Donald Trump is at a rally for JD Vance in Dayton on Monday. Some have been waiting since Sunday and have traveled hours to get the best seat possible.
