Samantha Chery

Washington, D.C.

Breaking news reporter, Features

Education: University of Florida, BS in Journalism

Samantha Chery is a breaking news reporter in Features. Previously, she was a multiplatform editor for The Washington Post's gender and identity team, where she reported and curated gender and identity coverage, as well as wrote the Lily Lines newsletter. She joined The Post in 2022 as a reporting intern for the Features desk and previously wrote for Andscape and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. She graduated from the University of Florida, where she was an inaugural managing editor of Atrium, the school's narrative nonfiction magazine.
Latest from Samantha Chery

R. Kelly’s daughter alleges singer sexually abused her as a child

In a new documentary, Buku Abi recalls an incident with R. Kelly that “changed who I was as a person and changed the sparkle I had and the light I used to carry.”

October 13, 2024
Buku Abi, R. Kelly’s eldest daughter, in 2019.

Ye’s former assistant alleged the rapper drugged, sexually assaulted her

The allegations were added to a lawsuit filed in June, which accuses Ye and several Yeezy divisions of wrongful termination and sexual harassment, among other charges.

October 12, 2024
Ye, formerly Kanye West, at Los Angeles Lakers game in 2020.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs appears in court as judge sets May 2025 trial date

Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared before a judge in Manhattan federal court Thursday for a pretrial hearing in the music mogul’s racketeering and sex trafficking case.

October 10, 2024

Donald Glover cancels tour dates, announces unspecified illness

Donald Glover canceled upcoming shows for his Childish Gambino tour, saying he needs time to recover from an unspecified illness and surgery.

October 5, 2024
Donald Glover, seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May, announced an unspecified illness and surgery.

Alleged ‘memoir’ from Diddy’s ex-partner Kim Porter pulled from Amazon

Amazon says it was “made aware of a dispute” involving the book, which Porter’s family has denounced as a fabrication.

October 1, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs with his former partner, Kim Porter, at a celebration for his 35th birthday in New York in 2004.

Chappell Roan pulls out of festival after backlash over election remarks

Chappell Roan canceled plans for the All Things Go Music Festival after the queer pop phenom faced backlash over her refusal to endorse the Democratic Party.

September 29, 2024
Chappell Roan at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, on Sept. 11. Roan came under criticism recently when she said she didn't “feel pressured to endorse someone” in the U.S. election.

Dollmaker must pay millions for copying T.I. and Tiny Harris’s girl group

A jury ruled that MGA Entertainment must pay millions for copying the OMG Girlz’s style with their L.O.L. Surprise dolls.

September 25, 2024
From left, singers Breaunna Womack, Bahja Rodriguez and Zonnique Pullins of OMG Girlz perform in Charlotte in July.

Harvey Weinstein faces new accuser ahead of retrial over sex crimes

A new charge and alleged victim were revealed as New York prosecutors prepare to retry Harvey Weinstein, whose initial conviction was overturned.

September 18, 2024
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in a New York court in July.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs charged with sex-trafficking, denied bail

Combs’s indictment and arrest follows several sexual assault lawsuits against him and Homeland Security raids on two of his mansions.

September 17, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at a movie premiere at the CBS Radford Studio Center in Los Angeles on May 30, 2018.

Trump’s false claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets invokes racist trope

The baseless assertion that immigrants in Ohio are eating people’s pets mirrors claims that have been used against migrants since the 1800s, scholars and historians say.

September 14, 2024
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Friday during a news conference at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., that he would conduct deportations in Springfield, Ohio, which has been thrust into the spotlight after Trump made repeated false claims about Haitian immigrants living there.