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Adriene Hill

Former Correspondent

SHORT BIO

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. 

Latest Stories (1,071)

Owning is now cheaper than renting

by Adriene Hill
Jan 18, 2012
Back during the housing bubble, houses cost 20 percent more than renting. Now the difference is the other way.
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World Bank predicts slower growth in 2012

by Adriene Hill
Jan 18, 2012
Fears about the possible recession in Europe and a slowing rate of growth in developing nations could mean a grim outlook for 2012.
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Mid-day Update

Mid-day Extra: Will students miss Wikipedia today?

by Jeremy Hobson and Adriene Hill
Jan 18, 2012
The Wikipedia website blackout, in protest to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, might hurt some more than others.
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When company founders fly the coop

by Adriene Hill
Jan 18, 2012
What kind of impact does the exit of founders -- like Jerry Yang of Yahoo -- have on a company?
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Mid-day Extra: Cupcakegate and TSA proof products

by Adriene Hill and Jeremy Hobson
Jan 17, 2012
A company in Rhode Island has come out with a TSA-safe cupcake in response to the incident last month where a cupcake was confiscated in an airport for its gel-like frosting.
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With growth, China population becomes more urban

by Adriene Hill
Jan 17, 2012
China's economy grew 8.9 percent last quarter, in part thanks to the movement of millions of people from the countryside for better paying jobs in cities. For the first time, the number of urban dwellers there has officially topped the rural population.
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Richard Cordray and the CFPB set to work

by Adriene Hill
Jan 17, 2012
Newly appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, speaks about the priorities on the table for the organization.
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When a drought is not a drought

by Adriene Hill
Jan 16, 2012
Rain may come (or not). It's all a question of what you do next.
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Codebreaker

.always .wanted .your .own .domain ?

by Adriene Hill
Jan 12, 2012
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has opened its application process for new top level domain names.
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More SOPA drama coming soon

by Adriene Hill
Jan 12, 2012
The website Reddit.com will blackout for 8 hours on January 18th to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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