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 (537)
Pause in federal student loan payments has been a "game changer"
Aug 9, 2021
The Biden administration has extended the moratorium on payments and interest accrual into next year.
As federal jobless benefits cutoff looms, millions still unemployed
Aug 5, 2021
Many states ended pandemic-related federal unemployment programs early, but there's no evidence it sent more people back to work.
Business travel will have a slow recovery, report finds
Aug 3, 2021
Deloitte's study predicts that corporate travel, lucrative for the industry, may take years to reach pre-pandemic levels — if it ever does.
Facing shortages of construction materials and labor, builders try to be flexible
Aug 2, 2021
Often that means negotiating what gets done when.
This summer on Cape Cod, longer lines and help wanted signs
Jul 30, 2021
Almost every restaurant and business is understaffed this summer. At the same time, there are more tourists on the Cape than ever.
Vaccine access is "principal fault line" in global economic recovery — IMF
Jul 28, 2021
The International Monetary Fund has raised its economic growth forecast for economies with relatively high vaccination rates and lowered it for those where rates are low.
Just $3 billion in rent relief has gone out, with CDC eviction ban set to end
Jul 23, 2021
More rental assistance was distributed in June than in the previous three months combined, but it's still a small fraction of the nearly $50 billion Congress approved.
Fewer students fill out FAFSA, enroll in college since pandemic began
Jul 21, 2021
The National College Attainment Network estimates that about 270,000 fewer high school seniors have filled out the FAFSA since 2019.
After a wild year, the used-car market may be returning to normal
Jul 20, 2021
Inventory is rising as people sell extra vehicles to take advantage of high prices and dealerships make enticing trade-in offers, experts say.
The pandemic has changed how some parents talk to their kids about money
Jul 19, 2021
“There were a lot more opportunities to have some of these conversations," one dad tells us.