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)
As foundations pledge to get endowments to net zero, monitoring emissions is a challenge
Oct 22, 2021
Companies aren't required to share data on their greenhouse gas emissions, which makes it hard for investors to evaluate their own progress toward net-zero portfolios.
What does California's drought mean for the rest of the country?
Oct 20, 2021
For starters, California is the biggest agricultural producer in the U.S.
Unemployed and unable to refinance
Oct 15, 2021
With mortgage rates around 3%, many of those who might benefit the most from refinancing and reducing their monthly payments aren’t able to.
Clean energy would create trillion-dollar market and millions of jobs, IEA says
Oct 14, 2021
Just how do researchers calculate that?
The Social Security increase is historically big
Oct 14, 2021
The 5.9% increase isn't typical, as cost of living increases for Social Security are usually under 2%.
Thirty countries agree to methane emissions cuts to protect the climate
Oct 13, 2021
Pound for pound, it's 28 times better at trapping atmospheric heat than CO2.
Biden administration restoring climate-impact rules that could delay infrastructure plans
Oct 7, 2021
The Trump administration had rolled them back, delighting industry and worrying environmentalists.
Weather forecasting key to navigating climate change
Oct 4, 2021
More accurate hurricane and wildfire forecasting can help save lives as extreme weather events become more common.
How quickly can communities recover from wildfires?
Oct 1, 2021
A new report looks at how resilient different parts of the country are to the threat of wildfires, and the long term displacement of people from their homes.
FAA plans to reduce the time planes spend taxiing on the runway
Sep 30, 2021
In addition to reducing wait times, the FAA estimates this will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.