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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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The return of oyster po' boy

by Adriene Hill
Apr 22, 2011
A year after the BP oil spill, the Gulf Coast oyster -- and the oyster po' boy -- are back. Though maybe not like you remember.
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BP oil spill: The legacy

BP spill consequences differ for two Louisiana cities

by Adriene Hill
Apr 20, 2011
A year after the BP oil spill, things are looking up in New Orleans. But for Lafourche Parish on the Gulf Coast, it's a different story.
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BP oil spill: The legacy

In the wake of the BP spill, putting a price on nature

by Adriene Hill
Apr 20, 2011
The government is beginning the long process of tallying the natural resources damage caused by the BP oil spill. But what's the value of a dolphin?
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Can fake chicken feed the world?

by Adriene Hill
Apr 14, 2011
With growing global demand for meat and its significant environmental concerns, fake soy "chicken" may be better than the real bird.
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Food and Drink

All food prices are not created equal

by Adriene Hill
Apr 6, 2011
Wheat up! Corn up! Onions up! Why the price of food commodities does not always translate to the price of food.
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Europe's nuclear energy dilemma

by Adriene Hill
Mar 15, 2011
Europe wants to cut carbon emissions and move away from fossil fuels. But nuclear energy is now suspect because of recent events in Japan.
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Birding is exactly what it used to be

by Adriene Hill
Mar 14, 2011
So, how to appeal to a new generation of bird watcher? The Audubon Society goes for a rebrand.
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Japan's quake

Hawaii on tsunami alert: The experience from Waikiki

by Adriene Hill and Jeremy Hobson
Mar 11, 2011
Hawaii is under the threat of a tsunami after a massive earthquake hit Japan. Marketplace's Adriene Hill talks about what's going on in the state from her hotel in Waikiki.
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Pensions or 401(k)s: Which is better?

by Adriene Hill
Mar 4, 2011
Are you one of the few that still have a pension? Lucky you! More and more companies are ending pensions are opting for 401(k)-style plans and that isn't the greatest news for many.
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No waste of fashion's raw materials

by Adriene Hill
Mar 2, 2011
Forget Galliano and Gaga. The latest fashion trend is all about saving, reducing and making far less of an impact.
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