Samantha M. Wender has been creating award-winning and nominated stories for two decades. She’s a multi-Emmy Award winner that has traveled to every state in the U.S. and to more than one-hundred countries.As an Executive Producer at CBS News, Samantha holds a key editorial position working alongside talent from across the country to empower and experiment with next-generation storytelling at the CBS Innovation Lab.While a Senior Producer at Vice News, she oversaw and produced smart, in-depth and contextual storytelling that married people and their voices to global headlines and stories.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 pitches, 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.In response to the growing demand for quality video, in 2018, Samantha launched Carry-on Media, a full-service content shop that works with people and brands around the world. Samantha lives in New York City and is a lover of food and travel.