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Samantha Fields

Senior Reporter

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Samantha Fields is a senior reporter at Marketplace.

She’s particularly interested in how the economy affects people’s everyday lives, and a lot of her coverage focuses on economic inequality, housing and climate change.

She’s also reported and produced for WCAI and The GroundTruth Project, the “NPR Politics Podcast,” NPR’s midday show, “Here & Now,” Vermont Public Radio and Maine Public Radio. She got her start in journalism as a reporter for a community paper, The Wellesley Townsman, and her start in radio as an intern and freelance producer at “The Takeaway” at WNYC. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Latest Stories (574)

Comcast cable spinoff reflects rapidly changing streaming landscape

Nov 20, 2024
Media giants see the economics of cable TV weakening and consumer interest shifting to streaming, experts say, despite profitability issues.
In a shot from April 2023, then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared on CNBC, one of the cable properties that Comcast is spinning off into a new company.
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Report finds retirees feeling stretched financially

Nov 14, 2024
The study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds many retirees worried they are spending more than they can afford.
Debt is one reason retirees are feeling worse economically: Two years ago, 40% of retirees had outstanding credit card debt. Today, it’s 70%.
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Inflation is higher in New York and Hawaii than in Tampa and Denver. Why?

Nov 13, 2024
It mostly comes down to one thing: housing.
Housing prices are rising at different rates for people in different regions.
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Hot real estate these days is also climate resilient

Nov 12, 2024
A new report from Zillow shows that nearly all buyers want these features, and home listings are increasingly touting them.
The share of listings that advertise climate-resilient features — like flood barriers, for example — is up about 20% over last year.
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NIH got $1.6 billion for research into long COVID. Where are the treatments?

Nov 11, 2024
About $1.6 billion has been invested in a program that has yielded little progress, disappointing many who suffer with the complex condition.
Efforts to develop treatments for long COVID, which has a wide range of symptoms, have had little success so far. Above, an event supporting long COVID patients in Germany.
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Devastating floods in Spain could have immediate effects on Europe's food

Nov 5, 2024
Spain exports fruits, vegetables and other crops to the U.K. and EU, and shoppers will likely see the flood's effects in their grocery prices.
The full extent of damage to Spain's vegetables and citrus crops isn't yet known, says David Ortega at Michigan State University. Above, the roof of a car breaks the surface of floodwaters near Valencia.
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A NY nonprofit is piloting community-based flood insurance. Could it be a model?

Oct 23, 2024
If a certain amount of rain falls, the nonprofit will get a payout that it could use to quickly give cash grants to affected residents.
Hurricane Ida dumped about 9 inches of rain on New York City on Sept. 1, 2021. Above, Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx on the following day.
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There's a lot riding on Boeing's tentative deal with machinists union

Oct 21, 2024
The machinists union has yet to ratify the new contract, which comes during a tough period for the aviation giant and its suppliers.
The proposed contract that members of the machinists and aerospace workers union will vote on does not include a return to traditional pensions.
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Most seniors who are eligible for SNAP aren't getting benefits

Oct 16, 2024
Only about 30% of people 65 and up who are eligible for food assistance through SNAP are getting it.
Some seniors receiving social security only qualify for the minimum SNAP benefit amount: $23 a month in most states.
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Why OPEC is downgrading its demand forecast for the 3rd time in 3 months

Oct 14, 2024
Oil demand is still expected to grow in the coming year, but more slowly, and especially in China.
China imports more crude oil than any other country in the world. And right now, it's having economic problems.
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