What is Monika Samtani?
{{Infobox person | name = Monika Samtani | image = | image_size = |birth_date = |birth_place = |nationality = American | alma_mater = | occupation = Broadcast journalist<ref>{{cite web|title=An American Affair (2009)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d352f21|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=3 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> | yearsactive = | credits = anchor, WUSA9<ref>{{cite web|title=Potomac’s Monika Samtani is reporter/anchor for WUSA9.|url=http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2013/feb/06/its-all-about-news/|publisher=ConnectionNewsPapers|access-date=3 September 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=Kate|title=Two Stories, Two Car Crashes, Two Different Results|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kate-carr/two-stories-two-car-crashes-two-different-results_b_3957804.html|access-date=3 September 2017|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=20 September 2013}}</ref> | website = {{URL|http://www.msmedia.tv/monika_samtani/}} }} '''Monika Samtani''' is an American broadcast journalist. She is best known for directing a [[documentary]] movie ''Suma's Story: It's Her Turn'' (2015).<ref>{{cite news|title=TRAFFIC ALERT: Douglass Bridge will be closed overnight|url=https://www.usatoday.com/staff/7245/monika-samtani/|access-date=3 September 2017|work=[[USA Today]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == Career == Samtani attended [[George Washington University]] and obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Radio and Television Communications.<ref name=awards>{{cite web|title=Monika Samtani, Ready for Her Close-Up|url=http://www.washingtonfamily.com/for_moms/article_48b5eca3-b6ac-5c83-871d-e14e183275f6.html|website=Washington FAMILY Magazine}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was a fill-in [[disc jockey]] on Essex Radio/Breeze AM in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Somewhere Special - Essex Radio|url=http://www.thisisilr.co.uk/er/erinfo.php|publisher=Sean Saunder