Samuel A. Church is a reporter covering money, politics and the people caught in between.
He most recently reported for the national desk at Bloomberg News, building data-driven stories out of public records, agency datasets and financial filings.
- QGIS
- Data visualization
- Python
- R
- Public records
Selected work
Five storiesHarvard Student Consultants Toil Over Slide Decks, Then Party With Snakes
Inside the finances of an undergraduate consulting group with a Fortune 500 client roster — what it charges, what it earns, and where the money goes.
Trash Bins Are Turning the Tide in NYC's 'War on Rats'
An analysis of 311 complaint records found rat sightings down 22% in 2026, tracking where the city moved trash off the street and where it didn't.
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient
Obtained the documents behind the complaint that ended the conservative campus magazine's run, detailing the conduct administrators acted on.
Mamdani Stands by Pied-à-Terre Rollout Despite Backlash
The mayor defended the rollout of his pied-à-terre tax as criticism mounted over how the policy was introduced.
Blocked By Trump's Travel Ban, One Iranian Student Wonders If She Will Ever Make It to Harvard
One admitted student's account of what the travel ban meant in practice, and how Harvard's international pipeline narrowed around her.
More clips
- Jul. 2026 Bloomberg News Trump's Plan for 30-Foot Border Wall in Big Bend State Park Stirs Up Texas ClashHomepage →
- Jul. 2026 Bloomberg News Democrats Rush to Replace Platner as GOP Relishes Divisions →
- Jun. 2026 Bloomberg News Tartan Army's Boston Invasion Revives Push to Change State's Strict Booze Rules →
- Sep. 2025 The Harvard Crimson 'Basic Questions,' Unanswered: Inside Harvard College's Rapid Diversity Office DismantlingExclusiveHomepage →
- Jun. 2025 The Harvard Crimson Embassy Cited Nonexistent Law To Deny Incoming Harvard Student's VisaExclusiveHomepage →
- May 2025 The Harvard Crimson What SEVP Revocation Would Mean for International Students at HarvardHomepage →
- Jul. 2025 Provincetown Ind. WOMR Faces Loss of Almost 20% of Its RevenueFront page →
- Jul. 2025 Provincetown Ind. Camp Lightbulb Cancels Summer Sessions HereFront page →
- Jun. 2025 Provincetown Ind. ICE: Only 2 of 38 Arrested on Islands Committed Serious CrimesExclusive →
About
Samuel A. Church is a reporter and a member of the Harvard College Class of 2027, studying Social Studies. He spent the summer of 2026 on the national desk at Bloomberg News as the team's sole intern, reporting data-driven stories on politics, higher education and public spending.
At The Harvard Crimson, he covered Harvard College, including the University's fight against the Trump administration, pro-Palestine activism on campus, and the College's move to recenter its academics. In 2025, he was a summer reporting fellow at The Provincetown Independent through the Local Journalism Project, where he covered funding cuts and municipal institutions on the Outer Cape.
He is from Austin, Texas.
Contact
- churchasam@gmail.com
- Signal
- @schurch.21
- samuel-a-church
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