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)
She loves her job. COVID-19 is threatening to take it away.
Apr 23, 2020
For Autumn Saxton-Ross, work is a big part of her identity. With her job and so much else now on hold, she's trying to figure out who she is "in this new weird world."
As COVID-19 stimulus and unemployment checks start to go out, some of the most vulnerable are left behind
Apr 14, 2020
Many of those that are most in need don’t qualify for aid.
Do I still need to pay my student loans? What the CARES Act offers for COVID-19 relief
Apr 9, 2020
Most federal student loans qualify for a temporary suspension during the coronavirus pandemic, but not all.
Their restaurant closed because of COVID-19. For an undocumented family, savings is their only safety net.
Apr 6, 2020
For Marco Saavedra, his family, and millions like them, there will be no $1,200 coronavirus stimulus check and no small business disaster loan to help get them through the pandemic.
I can't afford rent for my small business because of COVID-19. What can I do?
Apr 1, 2020
Check your lease, call your landlord, and get ready to apply to the new federal Paycheck Protection Program.
Do parents still pay when daycare is closed for weeks, or months, because of COVID-19?
Mar 30, 2020
With many daycares facing extended closures because of COVID-19, parents and child care providers alike are grappling with that question.
Young, newly unemployed, and facing the COVID-19 recession
Mar 26, 2020
More than 3.2 million people across the country filed for unemployment last week, as the economic ripple effects of the coronavirus pandemic spread.
For two married doctors on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding child care is a struggle
Mar 23, 2020
It's hard to find a babysitter when you're working with coronavirus patients in the ER.
HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and growing list of cities suspend evictions because of coronavirus
Mar 18, 2020
Lawmakers are calling for a moratorium on evictions across the country, as more and more schools, events, restaurants and bars shut down.
What to do when the markets plummet and you're nearing retirement
Mar 17, 2020
Remember, you're still a long-term investor, you won't need all of your money immediately.