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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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Mid-day Update

Mid-day Extra: Occupy Wall Street is history

by Adriene Hill
Dec 28, 2011
A number of museums are already collecting Occupy Wall Street materials in the hopes for future exhibits. Is it too soon?
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Wealth gap between Congress, citizens widens

by Adriene Hill
Dec 27, 2011
A new report shows that the net wealth of members of the House of Representatives has doubled since 1984, while the average American's has stayed almost the same.
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Mid-day Extra: Drew Brees breaks an NFL record

by Adriene Hill
Dec 27, 2011
Quarterback Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints is now the NFL's record-holder for the most yards passing in a single season.
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Podcast: Extreme weather, much ado about mutton, and more shopping madness

by Adriene Hill
Dec 26, 2011
An increase in extreme weather in 2011 has lead to one of the most expensive years for insurance claims. It's also turning out to be a record year for sheep rustlers on the lamb in the English countryside, where a record number of sheep have gone missing this year. Plus, China and Japan make a currency deal, Detroit girds for possible state takeover, and more top headlines from around the globe on this day after Christmas.
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How much are people in the mood to spend?

by Adriene Hill
Dec 23, 2011
Consumer spending eeked up just 0.1 percent in November, despite stories of strong holiday sales. What does that mean about the health of our economy?
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Why is there record pessimism in France?

by Adriene Hill
Dec 23, 2011
A new poll finds the French are as pessimistic about the economy as any country has been since 1978.
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Mid-day Extra: Why we think "best of" lists are the best

by Jeremy Hobson and Adriene Hill
Dec 22, 2011
The end of the year brings all kind's of top ten, top 100 and best of 2011 lists -- but what kind of value do we get out of them?
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Lower jobless claims, better consumer sentiment point to improved outlook

by Adriene Hill
Dec 22, 2011
Jack Ablin discusses how today's economic numbers point to a brighter future.
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The Super Bowl gets ready for streaming

by Adriene Hill
Dec 21, 2011
For the first time this year, the Super Bowl will be available for online and mobile streaming.
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BBC World Service

Spain's new prime minister will tackle debt, unemployment

by Adriene Hill
Dec 21, 2011
Mariano Rajoy has been elected the new prime minister in Spain, and he will soon have to find solutions to the country's dire debt and unemployment problems.
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