Philadelphians are getting ready to elect the city’s 100th mayor. It’s a crowded field this year; over a dozen candidates have filed petitions to be on the primary ballot. Before […]

Author Archives: Sam Searles
Sam Searles is a Report for America corps member covering gun violence and prevention for WHYY News.
Prior to joining WHYY, Searles was an on-air reporter for Suffolk University/New England Cable News and a contributor to Framingham Source, a news site covering Framingham, Massachusetts. She also interned at New Hampshire Public Radio in the creative productions unit. Searles holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a broadcast concentration from Suffolk University.
When she’s not reporting, she loves the performing arts, gardening, and getting her dog out of trouble.