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Samantha Wender

Samantha Wender

Verified

Executive Producer, CBS News

New York

Biography

Samantha M. Wender has been creating award-winning and nominated stories for close to two decades. She’s a multi-Emmy Award winner that has traveled to every state in the U.S. and to just shy of one-hundred countries. As a Senior Editorial Producer at Vice News, she oversees and produces smart, in-depth and contextual storytelling that marry people and their voices to global headlines and stories. In response to the growing demand for quality video, Samantha launched Carry-on Media, a full-service content shop that works with people from all backgrounds and global brands. At NBC News, she wrote and produced feature stories for TODAY, TODAY Food and Sunday Today with Willie Geist. She also produced breaking news and pitched, developed and booked much of her work, spearheading multi-platform series and sponsored content. From 2005-2012, at ABC’s News Magazines (Primetime & 20/20), Samantha produced, field produced and supported major newsmaker interviews and process hours including Diane Sawyer’s Hidden America series. She spent the better part of two years following the lives of five homeless teens, eight months on the Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation and several months with the Amish, heroin addicts and foster youth, chronicling the stories of those living in poverty, out of the mainstream and on the fringes of society. In 2012, Samantha left ABC News to produce a 90-minute feature documentary for MTV while simultaneously producing for their True Life series at Gigantic! Productions. She also spent time helping to develop series, pilots and special pitches for a variety of networks and outlets including Yahoo! where she produced sponsored digital video content. Samantha lives in New York City and is a lover of food and travel.

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Total articles 57

  • Food insecurity driven by inflation has people with higher incomes turning to food banks

    By Mark Strassmann Verified, Samantha Wender Verified · CBS News

    Apr. 17, 2025

  • Florida orange juice production plummets amid crop disease, natural disasters and shrinking demand

    By Mark Strassmann Verified, Samantha Wender Verified · CBS News

    Mar. 24, 2025

  • Grieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's death

    By Janet Shamlian Verified, Samantha Wender Verified · CBS News

    Mar. 18, 2025

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CBS News

New York, New York, United States

'+1 212-975-3247

Founded: 1927