Samantha Turner, Patch Staff

A lifelong Rhode Islander, Samantha has called North Kingstown home since she was three years old. Her reporting career began when she was a sophomore at North Kingstown High School, writing for the school's newspaper, The Current Wave. She eventually served as the paper's editor-in-chief and was awarded the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Award in 2006.

Further proving her inability to leave Washington County, Samantha attended the University of Rhode Island where she graduated summa cum laude in 2010 with degrees in journalism and political science. During her time at URI, Samantha gathered a bevy of professional experience ranging from internships with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Governor's Commission on Disabilities, WRNI, and Rhode Island Monthly as well as serving as a reporter and ads manager for the university's newspaper, The Good 5 Cent Cigar.