Despite his young age, Samuel Obar, of Walpole, MA, has already had an extensive and varied career in media. In 2002, Obar and a group of friends started a small newspaper for their neighborhood that later grew into The Walpole Gazette. The Gazette discontinued publication in 2007. During middle school, he hosted and produced three episodes of the History Of Walpole on Walpole Community Television.

Between 2008 and 2011, Obar hosted The Sam Obar Show, a weekly radio show on WDIS AM 1170 Discussion Radio in Norfolk, Mass. In 2009, he started one of the most-watched local issues-driven blogs in the area, Sam Obar 180, that remains highly popular and widely-read in the Walpole community today.

Obar has built up a reputation for hard-hitting and thoughtful opinions, and in-depth analyses of current events and issues.

As the host of The Sam Obar Show, Obar's weekly broadcasts reached a substantial portion of both Massachusetts and Rhode Island and reached listeners throughout the rest of the world through the web. On the show, Obar interviewed such major policy makers as US Congressman Barney Frank (three times), US Senator Scott Brown (twice), Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill, and former Mass. governors Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift, among others. In 2010, Obar moderated a political debate between Congressman Barney Frank and his Republican opponent Sean Bielat. He was featured in news articles in The Walpole Hometown Weekly and The Boston Globe.

In addition to writing regular blog posts on Sam Obar 180, he currently writes a column for The Walpole Times in Walpole, MA, reaching virtually all of the Walpole community of 20,000 people and thousands more people on the internet (see a list of columns). He serves as a contributor to WalpoleNews.com, and also occasionally contributes to other news outlets.

In 2011, he was appointed by the Walpole Board of Selectmen to be a full voting member of the Walpole Historical Commission, the official advocate for the preservation, protection, and development of the Town of Walpole's historical and archeological resources. He remains the youngest person ever appointed to any town board in Walpole.

He also enjoys spending time on his family's 250-acre farm in southeastern Massachusetts. He is a fan of the New England Revolution soccer team and has attended some of their practices through his professional work as a reporter.