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)
Unemployment benefits have not resumed for many Americans
Feb 1, 2021
Over a month after the last COVID-19 relief bill extended benefits for millions, many are still waiting for money to arrive.
Online COVID vaccination sign-up poses hurdles for vulnerable populations
Feb 1, 2021
Especially the elderly and marginalized communities.
Airlines, struggling with COVID-19 headwinds, tally their 2020 financial losses
Jan 28, 2021
With vaccines starting to roll out, will travelers want to take to the skies again in 2021?
Extra $300 in federal jobless benefits is making a difference, but is it enough?
Jan 25, 2021
“It's not as good as the $600, obviously, but it's better than nothing."
Rural food banks find ways to deliver during pandemic
Jan 22, 2021
For many low-income people in rural areas, simply getting to a grocery store or food bank can be a barrier to getting enough to eat.
Unemployment insurance is broken. What would it take to fix it?
Jan 20, 2021
Making the unemployment system a federal program could help reduce some of the huge racial disparities that currently exist.
Rental assistance is on the way, but will it come in time?
Jan 18, 2021
Right now the only thing keeping millions of renters in their homes is the CDC’s eviction moratorium, which expires Jan. 31.
Pandemic could cause twice as much homelessness as the Great Recession
Jan 14, 2021
COVID-related unemployment could cause about 600,000 people to become homeless over the next three years, according to a report from the Economic Roundtable.
How baby bonds could help close the racial wealth gap
Jan 13, 2021
A proposed $1,000 savings account for every baby born in the U.S. could improve future outcomes for an entire generation of families.
Will Capitol attack hike security costs for Biden inauguration?
Jan 11, 2021
The pandemic likely saved money for the Secret Service budget during the 2020 campaign.