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Adriene Hill

Former Correspondent

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Adriene Hill is a former correspondent covering the business of entertainment.

Prior to joining Marketplace in 2010, she worked at WBEZ in Chicago, first as an intern, then as producer of the local show Eight Forty-Eight, then as news desk editor and reporter.

Adriene received numerous awards for her contribution to Inside & Out, a project she worked on at WBEZ. They include Associated Press Illinois – Best Investigative Series and Best Series/Documentary; Lisagor awards – Online Investigative Reporting and Public Affairs Programming; Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi – Public Service Award; RTDNA Murrow Awards – Best Continuing Coverage; and PRNDI National – Best Multi-Media Presentation, First Place Enterprise/Investigative, First Place Series.

Adriene is a graduate of Amherst College, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and economics. She has a master’s degree in political science from Northwestern University. A native of Celo, N.C., Hill currently resides in Los Angeles, where the weather really is as good as people say it is. 

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Five things to look for in the 2019 tech industry

by Adriene Hill and Molly Wood
Dec 26, 2018
More data breaches? Multiple versions of the internet? Here's what to keep an eye on.
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Did someone say avocado bar?

by Adriene Hill and Maria Hollenhorst
Dec 25, 2018
A conversation with the co-founders of Avocaderia, the world’s first avocado bar.
New York City's Avocaderia is the "world's first avocado bar."
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The original beauty subscription box service finds an IRL home

by Adriene Hill and Phoebe Unterman
Dec 24, 2018
We talk with the CEO of Birchbox, which is opening kiosks at select Walgreens and Duane Reade locations.
Birchbox's new display inside the Duane Reade at 40 Wall St in New York. The subscription box company opened them at several Walgreen's and Duane Reade locations in December 2018, with more to come in 2019.
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Can Trump fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell?

by Adriene Hill , Janet Nguyen and Daisy Palacios
Dec 24, 2018
The president isn’t happy with the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes.
President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, speaks during a press event at the White House last year.
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What's that smell? A rise in "perfume culture"

by Adriene Hill and Phoebe Unterman
Dec 24, 2018
Shakeups in the industry have given way to more niche, artisanal fragrances.
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Weekly Wrap

The tax bill's reshaping of the American economy

by Adriene Hill
Dec 29, 2017
How fast will the effects ripple through the economy?
Copies of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Conference Report sit on the dais of the House Rules Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Helping millennials have a balanced "Financial Diet"

by Adriene Hill
Dec 28, 2017
Author Chelsea Fagan wants to make 20-somethings money smart.
Miley Cyrus throws money in the air as she performs at the opening night of her Bangerz Tour in Australia at Rod Laver Arena on October 10, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia.
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Why your doctor still relies on fax machines

by Adriene Hill and Sean McHenry
Dec 27, 2017
The answer: a combination of work culture and well-intended policy gone awry.
In a scene from "Office Space," Ron Livingston, left, David Herman and Ajay Naidu take their revenge on the office fax machine.
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Inside the sweet business of Zingerman's Bakehouse

by Adriene Hill and Bridget Bodnar
Dec 26, 2017
The bakery has an outside-the-box business model, but it works really well.
A sliced Zingerman's chestnut baguette.
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Holiday shopping reflects our personal economy

by Adriene Hill , Hayley Hershman and Sean McHenry
Dec 26, 2017
When we feel secure with our finances, we're more likely to splurge on that hot new toy.
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