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)
The latest pandemic relief measure increases SNAP benefits
Jan 5, 2021
Advocates say the food assistance increase should help reduce food insecurity for households that qualify.
Congress lets paid sick, family and medical leave mandate expire
Jan 1, 2021
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act required many employers to offer COVID-related paid sick and family leave. Not anymore.
Has 2020's spike in support for Black-owned business carried through to the holidays?
Dec 24, 2020
The pandemic has been hard on Black-owned businesses.
Consumer spending and personal income fell. That's bad news for the economy
Dec 23, 2020
With stimulus checks long gone and unemployment benefits running out, many consumers are less willing to spend.
Doctors are leaving medicine because of the pandemic
Dec 18, 2020
Eight percent of doctors have closed their practices because of COVID-19, and a quarter are considering retiring early.
Losing a job hasn't translated to losing health care — so far
Dec 16, 2020
Most people who've lost jobs during the pandemic didn't get health insurance at work.
Hyundai reportedly buying robot-maker Boston Dynamics
Dec 10, 2020
If the deal goes through, it would be the third time in seven years that Boston Dynamics has been bought.
Most who work from home want to keep doing it, study finds. Will they be able to?
Dec 9, 2020
Businesses in tech, finance, insurance and law are planning to let employees WFH after the pandemic ends.
Pandemic makes Public Service Loan Forgiveness more difficult
Dec 9, 2020
For people pursuing student loan forgiveness, getting laid off means they're no longer able to make qualifying payments for PSLF.
What will it take for Americans to get a COVID vaccine?
Dec 4, 2020
Sixty percent of people now say they’ll get a vaccine, but that’s not enough to get the pandemic under control.