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 (523)
More states are requiring companies to include salary ranges in job postings
Sep 29, 2022
Transparency around salaries makes it easier for job candidates to negotiate around an offer, or to decide if they even want to apply for a position.
As the White House convenes a conference on hunger and nutrition, a look at SNAP
Sep 28, 2022
What does the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program do well to stave off food insecurity, and where is more help still needed?
In the housing market, more people are starting to back out of deals
Sep 27, 2022
The reasons may vary, but one factor: rising mortgage rate.
U.S. oil reserve tumbles to lowest level in 4 decades
Sep 22, 2022
Biden authorized the release of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to boost supply and ease gas prices after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Biden pledges an additional $2.9 billion in aid to help fight the global food crisis
Sep 21, 2022
The good news? The world's producing enough food to feed everyone. The bad news? Getting it to hungry people is more expensive.
NYC's delivery drivers depend on e-bikes, but charging and storing them isn't easy
Sep 20, 2022
E-bikes are particularly popular among food delivery workers, and an informal, underground economy has sprung up to support them.
Retail sales rose a smidgen in August, but some see warning signs
Sep 15, 2022
Sales rose 0.3% last month, but there are signs some consumers are pulling back on big-ticket items, excluding cars.
Household income stayed flat in 2021, census data shows
Sep 14, 2022
Wage increases have been eaten by high inflation.
How power grids can be more resilient to climate change's effects
Sep 8, 2022
In the West, drought and fire can unite to put extra stress on the grid.
High energy prices could threaten European utilities' ability to keep doing business
Sep 6, 2022
A reported $1.5 trillion is tied up as collateral on energy markets. That's making it hard for energy companies to operate.