Sam Turken
After living in North Carolina the past four years, Miami native Sam Turken is back in the city he’s always called home.
Sam is a proud Miami Beach Senior High alum and a recent graduate of Duke University where he studied journalism, public policy and history. He caught the public radio bug three years ago when he covered a gun buyback in Miami while on his spring break. Since then, he’s produced audio pieces on race, social justice and public housing. He enjoys using sound to tell rich and intimate stories.
A former managing editor of The Duke Chronicle, Sam has digital experience covering a range of other topics. He’s investigated the absence of female managers in Duke men’s basketball program and reported on enrollment imbalances within public schools in Durham, N.C. He’s also interned with WBUR in Boston and Fusion, written for the Raleigh News & Observer and worked for the Duke Reporters’ Lab.
When Sam isn’t doing journalism things, he enjoys the outdoors. He runs, plays tennis and soccer and spends time around the bay and ocean—something he wasn’t able to do while in college. You may also spot him riding his bike around Miami’s streets.
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First-term U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala says she is working to address climate change in South Florida by pushing for Everglades restoration, carbon fees and... -
Lawyers for two black women involved in police altercations in South Florida are calling for criminal charges against officers, citing an excessive use... -
Mulling a run for president as an independent, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a speech at Miami-Dade College Wednesday that his presidency... -
Miami has the highest household vacancy rate among the nation’s 50 largest metro areas, according to a new study by the online loan marketplace,... -
Russia is using propaganda to exploit American divisions on the turmoil in Venezuela in the same way it has on issues like race relations and gun... -
Jewish and Latino college students from across the country gathered in South Florida over the weekend to discuss the societal challenges their... -
The chair of the state commission that investigated the Parkland school shooting told the Broward County School Board on Tuesday that school security... -
Maria Diaz was confident that Saturday would mark a major step toward the collapse of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. As she walked out of a... -
With a wife and five children, Colin Jackman was the only member of his family who was not a U.S. citizen. Then on Friday that changed, 35 years after... -
A Broward County judge wants the case against the confessed Parkland school shooter to head to trial in January 2020. Nikolas Cruz, 20, faces the death...
