Samantha Fields
Senior Reporter
SHORT BIO
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 (525)
Your tax refund may be smaller this year
Apr 5, 2023
Pandemic tax credits have dried up, like the temporary expansion of the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit.
Sunbelt cities top the list of booming U.S. job markets
Apr 3, 2023
Nine of the 10 hottest big city job markets in 2022 were in the South, according to an analysis from the Wall Street Journal and Moody's Analytics.
Pandemic exodus from big cities was short-lived
Mar 30, 2023
Census data shows fewer people are moving out of coastal urban centers, but Sun Belt states remain popular.
Small-business owners' confidence is down, even though most say business is good
Mar 29, 2023
The latest small business index is an example of the disconnect between people’s experience of the economy and their perceptions of it.
When a product recall goes out, what happens to competitors' sales?
Mar 27, 2023
It depends on why the recall was issued and how essential the item is.
Ford on EVs: Think of us as a startup
Mar 23, 2023
The company expects to lose another $3 billion this year in its transition from internal combustion cars to electric.
The job market is hot. But who's hiring?
Mar 22, 2023
The sectors hit hardest during the pandemic, including hospitality and retail, are coming back.
Eight states have passed pay transparency laws. How effective are they so far?
Mar 22, 2023
A quarter of U.S. workers now live in a place where local law requires job listings to include a salary range.
One mom on what the end of additional SNAP benefits means for her family
Mar 21, 2023
Millions of people have had their benefits cut by at least $95 a month, at a time when food prices are up almost 10%.
What does a bank's credit rating really tell us?
Mar 21, 2023
Credit rating agency Moody's had given Silicon Valley Bank a high rating — right up until it failed.