Samantha Latson was named a 2024 POLITICO Fellow. Before joining POLITICO, she was a breaking news reporter at the Kansas City Star. She covered the March for Our Lives protest against gun violence as an intern at the Washington Post. Latson was a reporter/editor on the Unforgotten 51 Project, which produced award-winning reports on the untold stories of murdered Chicago women. She won first-place NABJ Salute to Excellence awards in 2021, 2022, and 2023. (January 2024)