Samara Freemark

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  • Username: Samara Freemark
  • Reporter and Producer, Public Insight Network
  • Role: Producer/Reporter: Station-Based

Recent Pieces from Samara Freemark

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In the Dark Program 5 (58:58)
From: American Public Media

The story of two more cases the Stearns County Sheriff's Department had trouble solving, and a man whose life was ruined when he was wrongly suspected of killing a police officer.
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In the Dark Program 4 (58:58)
From: American Public Media

The story of how investigators zeroed in on the wrong guy, ruining his life by naming him a "person of interest."
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In the Dark Program 3 (58:58)
From: American Public Media

The story of Jared Scheierl, who was abducted by the same man who killed Jacob just a few months before Jacob disappeared.
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In the Dark Program 1 (58:59)
From: American Public Media

This episode tells the riveting story of a notorious kidnapping that went unsolved for nearly 27 years and asks the question: Why did it take so long to find the killer?
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Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars (59:00)
From: American Public Media

After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.
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Contenders (Hour Special) (53:25)
From: Radio Diaries

Portraits of some of America’s most groundbreaking and unusual presidential candidates...who never won the white house.
Caption: A student hangs a flag outside the veteran’s center at Pasadena City College., Credit: Stephen Smith

From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill (59:00)
From: American Public Media

The GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, America’s institutions of higher education, and American society at large. But America’s economic ...
Caption: Students at Howard University graduation, class of 2015, Credit: Emily Hanford

The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century (59:00)
From: American Public Media

Graduates of historically black colleges and universities helped launch the civil rights movement and built the black middle class. But after desegregation, some people began ...
Caption:  A graduate and her parents celebrate first-generation college students at Amherst College., Credit: Photo by Suzanne Pekow

The New Face of College (54:00)
From: American Public Media

Today's college students are more likely to be older, working class, and ethnically diverse than in the past. Colleges must figure out how to serve these students, or they ...
Caption: Students in a Chinese immersion class in Utah., Credit: Photo by Stephen Smith

The Science of Smart (54:00)
From: American Public Media

Schools across the country are trying new ways to teach based on brain science. Teachers say current techniques are failing, but new approaches can help students learn more deeply.