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)
How many people are unemployed right now?
Oct 12, 2020
The official unemployment rate only tells part of the story.
States are telling some people to pay back unemployment benefits
Oct 7, 2020
People around the country have received overpayment of benefits notices, and are facing the prospect of having to repay some or all of their unemployment benefits.
When it comes to filing for unemployment, here’s what you can control
Sep 30, 2020
What you can do to avoid getting caught in the backlog.
Many are still waiting for unemployment, months later
Sep 25, 2020
For many of those who have now gone months without a paycheck or unemployment, things are dire.
DOJ designates New York, Portland, Seattle as “anarchist jurisdictions”
Sep 22, 2020
The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from the cities, which it says “have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities.”
In Florida, if you have a felony conviction, voting will cost you
Sep 15, 2020
A new ruling means anyone with a felony conviction in Florida must pay fees, fines and restitution before they can vote.
What you need to know about the CDC eviction moratorium
Sep 11, 2020
The protections are not automatic. You need to meet eligibility requirements and send a form to your landlord to qualify.
For some, pandemic is a rare chance to save money
Sep 8, 2020
Many are taking the chance to build up emergency savings or save for a downpayment, while others are paying down credit card debt and student loans.
CDC issues nationwide ban on evictions through the end of the year
Sep 2, 2020
The moratorium offers the broadest protection yet to renters who are struggling because of COVID-19.
Insurance increasingly unaffordable as climate change brings more disasters
Aug 31, 2020
In California, homeowners in high wildfire-risk areas are finding insurance is harder to find, costs more and is worth less.