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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Crop failed? There's insurance for that

Even in severe drought, farmers who grow commodity crops such as corn and soybeans are significantly protected by insurance they buy from private insurers. The ultimate insurer in a disastrous year? Taxpayers.
Posted In: farm, drought, insurance, crop insurance
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Kevlar finds a new use: Protecting tractors from cornstalks

The stalks of genetically modified corn are tough, so tough that they're puncturing tractor tires. Farmers are fighting back.
Posted In: farms, GMOS, kevlar, technology
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Report: A boom industry profits from U.S. student aid

A report issued by U.S. Sen. Thomas Harkin describes the explosive growth of for-profit colleges, from trade schools to online universities, fueled by federal loans to students who, more often than not, drop out.
Posted In: Education, for profit colleges
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Google wants to use tech to do good

Google uses tech to go after bad guys and a researcher develops an electronic glove that helps people with spinal cord injuries.
Posted In: Tech Report, Google
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The economy bypasses San Bernardino

The Southern California city considers bankruptcy, after the departure or collapse of successive industries left it unable to pay for fire, police and other services.
Posted In: San Bernardino, bankruptcy, McDonald's, california
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The cost of taking care of mom and dad

For many seniors, they reach a point where they can't do it all and they need a little to a lot of help. The cost of the assistance often falls to the children.
Posted In: Assisted living, elderly care, senior citizens, families
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Grandma and grandpa's financial words of widsom

Listeners share good money advice they got from their grandparents.
Posted In: grandparents, financial advice
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Lessons from the Great Depression, one meal at a time

At nearly 100, YouTube phenomenon Clara Cannucciari has been inspiring viewers with her "poor man's meals."
Posted In: Food, great depression, eating, frugality
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The 'Club Sandwich' generation

Not only are many American Baby Boomers supporting both their parents and their kids, but some are even paying for their grand kids as well.
Posted In: sandwich generation, kids, grandparents, financial support
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Letters: An estate planning primer

This week's letter segments tackles questions for the senior set.
Posted In: letters, Estate planning, death, 401(k), Savings

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