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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Why 'The Simpsons' has been so successful

The longest-scripted show in TV history will air its 500th episode. Author John Ortved discusses how much "The Simpsons" is worth and the international market for the show.
Posted In: The Simpsons
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GM profits, but still disappoints

GM announced today that it made record profit last year -- more than $7.5 billion. That's up more than 60 percent from 2010. But it still wasn't enough to impress analysts.
Posted In: Auto, General Motors, GM
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The importance of small business hiring in the U.S.

Small business owners are slightly more upbeat about the economy than they have been recently, which sounds like good news for the job market, considering small businesses do a majority of the hiring in the country.
Posted In: Jobs, Small Business
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Europeans believe Greeks must show willingness to change

European markets are down this morning after more hitches in plans to rescue Greece from default. There's a sense the Greeks have exhausted the goodwill of other European countries.
Posted In: Greek, Europe
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Michigan town takes school zone sign to the next level

In suburban Detroit, there's a speed limit sign telling drivers to slow down to 25 mph on school days -- but it's a little different than the signs you might be used to seeing in your neighborhood.
Posted In: School, Michigan
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General Motors reports record profits

The carmaker made $7.6 billion in the fourth quarter of last year. Still, auto analysts are disappointed by the numbers.
Posted In: Auto, GM, General Motors
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Facebook coming to non-smartphones in Africa

Facebook is teaming up with mobile phone maker Orange to provide its services to cell phones in Africa -- of the non-iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android variety.
Posted In: Facebook, cell phone, Africa
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Tensions in Middle East affecting oil prices

Oil prices are on the rise today, in part because of news out of Syria. But there are also bigger picture problems to worry about.
Posted In: Oil, middle east, Strait of Hormuz, oil prices
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U.S. and Europe reach organic food agreement

The U.S. and European Union have reached a deal on organics: what counts as organic here will count as organic there, and vice versa.
Posted In: organic, Food, trade
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Investment banking hard on the mind and body

New research shows that work 100+ hours a week as an investment banker -- or a lawyer or software engineer -- can be a big hazard.
Posted In: banking, Health

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