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 (535)
The cost of building a family using donor sperm
Oct 24, 2019
Malkia and Nick Hutchinson-Arvizu are hoping to expand their family, but are struggling with the price tag.
What are your questions about signing up for health insurance?
Oct 23, 2019
Send them our way, and we’ll do our best to answer them.
FAQ: What’s the best strategy for maximizing Social Security?
Oct 16, 2019
Does it change if you’re single or married?
FAQ: The differences between a pension and a 401(k)
Oct 9, 2019
An explanation of how they work and which one is better.
Have you had your pension frozen or cut?
Oct 7, 2019
Fewer people these days have pensions, and those who do live with the risk that their employer might run out of money.
Welcome to "Check Your Balance"
Sep 30, 2019
Where the economy, your personal life and your money meet.
How am I going to pay for this? Saving for your kids’ college education
Sep 30, 2019
We heard from parents across America about how they're trying to save for college. Here are five of their stories.
70% of college students graduate with debt. How did we get here?
Sep 30, 2019
We look into the history of rising tuition and shrinking student aid.
For richer, for poorer: sharing money in marriage
Sep 30, 2019
We talk to couples and experts about the intersection of love and money.
For thousands in Dorian's path, cost can stand in the way of evacuating
Sep 4, 2019
Poverty can make it that much harder when a natural disaster strikes.