Adriene Hill is a multimedia reporter for the Marketplace sustainability desk, with a focus on consumer issues and the individual relationship to sustainability and the environment. Hill also fills in as host for Marketplace Morning Report and Marketplace Tech Report, when needed.

Hill joined Marketplace in 2010 and helped cover the BP oil spill as well as work on one of Marketplace’s most successful and popular online features “Future Jobs-O-Matic.”  Hill’s biggest job satisfaction is being able to ask really smart people all sorts of questions.

Prior to joining Marketplace, Hill worked at WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio) first as an intern, then producer of the local show Eight Forty-Eight, then news desk editor and reporter. 

Hill has received numerous awards for her contribution to a project she worked on at WBEZ called “Inside & Out.” 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.

Hill is a graduate of Amherst College where she was a double major and earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and economics. She also received her master’s degree in political science from Northwestern University.

A native of Celo, N.C., Hill currently resides in Los Angeles where the weather is really as good as people say it is. In her spare time, she likes to hike, cook and sew.

Features By Adriene Hill

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The worst charities: Get information before you make a donation

A new investigative report reveals that many popular charities Americans give to generously actually don't help the causes they claim to raise money for.
Posted In: Charity, giving, philanthropy
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Economic value check: How much is enough?

Can we afford the consumer economy? Yes, but there are costs. And not all of them have dollar signs attached. Let's talk about values.
Posted In: consumer, Sports, baseball
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Calculating the cost of getting kids to college

Helping your kids to stand out in the eyes a college admissions officer takes a lot -- usually that means a lot of money. But before you spend beaucoup bucks on private tutors and athletic coaching, do a quick cost-benefit analysis of whether those investments will really pay off.
Posted In: spending, children
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Dollar store deals: The do's and don'ts

Are you a dollar store deal hunter? Turns out, even though the products are only a buck, they're not always good buys.
Posted In: dollar store, dollar, Deals
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Inside the minds of mindful consumers

Mindful consumers put their money where their morals are, but it's not an easy task for those with limited financial resources as two of our listeners reveal.
Posted In: consumer behavior, mindful consumption
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How to protect your life insurance policy from mistakes and fraud

How do you protect you and your family from fraud or insurer mistakes?
Posted In: life insurance
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A part-time career alters life's expectations

Our economy creates a growing number of part-time and temporary jobs. That means more insecure workers -- and consumers -- who can't plan for the future.
Posted In: part-time jobs, adjunct professor, temporary staffing
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Semi-retirement: Getting a second-act career

Not everyone can afford -- or even wants -- to retire these days. But there are ways to profit during semi-retirement.
Posted In: Retirement, Work, retirement planning
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Economic power shift: From the coasts to central states

Investment analyst and author Meredith Whitney says the new geography of American prosperity is changing.
Posted In: states, municipality
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A bankruptcy deal means rising sewer rates for Jeffesrson County residents

Jefferson County, Ala., has reached a deal to get out of bankruptcy. But what does that mean for the county and its citizens?
Posted In: debt, bankruptcy, Alabama

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