Sam Hendren
Former News ReporterSam Hendren brought more than two decades of experience to WOSU when he arrived in August of 2005. Born in Tennessee and raised in North Carolina, Hendren began his journalism career at the University of Alabama's public radio station (also his alma mater).
He's reported extensively from across the Southern U.S., the inter-mountain West and the Great Plains states. His work has appeared on NPR, Marketplace, and the Voice of America. He served as executive producer of the environmental radio magazine High Plains News, based in Billings, MT, and was news director at public station KMUW, in Wichita, KS.
Sam is the recipient of many national awards for journalistic excellence.
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These days, the shopping center on Busch Boulevard in North Columbus sees very little retail activity. But once, it bustled the way Easton Town Center does now. -
This story is part of the Curious Cbus project. You ask the questions, you vote for one of the questions and we answer.Traffic thunders along State Route… -
“Just where is the ‘Ohio Valley;’ that place TV meteorologists are always talking about?” We went straight to the source: TV meteorologist Ben Gelber. -
What happens to our waste (trash, recycling, yard waste) once it's collected? Where does it actually go?
