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)
Mutual aid grows in popularity during protests and pandemic
Jun 4, 2020
Communities of color and activists have been practicing mutual aid for a long time. But it has become much more widespread recently.
U.S. looking at “a tsunami of evictions” as moratoriums expire
May 29, 2020
By the beginning of June, more than half of states will have no protections in place for renters.
"Record levels" of food insecurity in the U.S. because of COVID-19
May 22, 2020
States that rely heavily on tourism, including Nevada and Hawaii, are seeing some of the biggest increases.
For summer towns, Memorial Day brings anxiety and optimism
May 21, 2020
Cape Cod to Ocean City, tourist towns wonder what summer will look like in the age of COVID-19.
Many high school seniors in the "class of COVID" are rethinking their college plans
May 14, 2020
Some are choosing cheaper schools, taking gap years, or staying closer to home. Others are hoping that, if college is online in the fall, tuition might be lower.
Federal student loan interest rates drop to historic low
May 12, 2020
But with high unemployment and economic uncertainty will students want to take on loans?
How many jobs will come back after the COVID-19 pandemic ends?
by
Samantha Fields
and Mitchell Hartman
May 8, 2020
Unemployment is higher than it's been since the Great Depression. Economists estimate that more than 40% of layoffs will likely be permanent.
44% of Americans fear they won’t be able to afford food, poll finds
May 7, 2020
Food banks are seeing a surge in demand as COVID-19 pandemic pushes many newly-unemployed toward food insecurity.
With daycares still closed, child care providers and parents are grappling with who pays the bill
May 1, 2020
Most parents have stopped paying for child care as coronavirus-related closures extend, leaving providers with little to no income.
Still employed, and don't need your stimulus check? COVID-19 fundraisers want you to donate it
Apr 27, 2020
Nonprofits and online fundraisers have seen an uptick in donations since stimulus checks started appearing in bank accounts.