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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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Audubon Society hopes to fly high with rebrand

by Adriene Hill
Nov 24, 2011
So, how to appeal to a new generation of bird watcher? The Audubon Society goes for a rebrand.
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Compostable dishes more common at holiday tables

by Adriene Hill
Nov 24, 2011
But finding a place to toss them where they'll actually break down is difficult.
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Italy's other crisis: White truffle shortage

by Adriene Hill
Nov 9, 2011
A dry summer has hurt the white truffle harvest in Italy, leaving an impact on the usually lucrative market.
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Know your social media strategy

by Adriene Hill
Nov 4, 2011
Two companies try to sort out blogs, Twitter and Facebook at an industry convention.
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Banks roll back some fees

by Adriene Hill
Nov 1, 2011
Bank of America is the latest big bank to cancel previously announced debit card fees.
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Coca-Cola cans go white

by Adriene Hill
Nov 1, 2011
The soda maker will begin issuing white cans in an effort help out its old friend: the polar bear.
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The power to run the Internet

by Adriene Hill
Oct 26, 2011
Efficiency efforts to bring down global computing power consumption may be better pointed elsewhere.
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Senate to review the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage

by Adriene Hill
Oct 20, 2011
Taking a closer look at why many homeowners like the long-term mortgage, and whether it will help the troubled housing market.
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Music sales still strong for holiday albums

by Adriene Hill
Oct 18, 2011
The one bright spot for the music industry continues to be the holiday album, which make for good tangible gifts and boost visibility for artists.
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Amtrak ridership hits new heights

by Adriene Hill
Oct 18, 2011
Although mostly because the economy has hit such lows.
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