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 (532)
Home heating oil prices have dropped from record highs
Feb 10, 2023
A milder winter is one reason why. But it's still a significant expense, and applications for assistance are up.
Were last year's state payments taxable? Taxpayers wait while the IRS decides.
Feb 9, 2023
It's will depend on why the payments were made and who got them.
Growth of solar energy and battery capacity yields sunny forecast for the industry
Feb 6, 2023
The federal Energy Information Administration predicts that more than half of the new capacity added to the electric grid this year will be solar.
As workers slowly come back, big city office occupancy hits a new pandemic milestone
Feb 2, 2023
For the rest of the country, remote work numbers are stable.
Retail is recovering — and flowering — in smaller cities and the suburbs
Feb 1, 2023
A new report from the JPMorgan Chase Institute finds retail has followed consumers to where many more now work and live.
What is it about cookbooks?
Jan 31, 2023
You can get pretty much any recipe you want online. But cookbooks still sell. A lot.
Savings are up, spending is down. Are consumers better off or just nervous?
Jan 27, 2023
The savings rate went up half a percentage point in December, but it's still not back to pre-pandemic levels.
Renting is now cheaper than owning in most of the country
Jan 20, 2023
A new report from ATTOM says it's now cheaper to rent than own a place in most parts of the country.
The U.S. hit its debt ceiling. Now it's time for “extraordinary measures.”
Jan 19, 2023
Basically, Treasury will have to move money around so it can keep paying the country’s most important bills. At least for a little while longer.
Declining December retail sales hit especially hard for small businesses
Jan 18, 2023
How did this holiday season go? A few entrepreneurs weigh in.