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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Greece jumps, Spain slumps

Markets in Europe are mixed today: Greece is way up and Spain is down. Though both countries face major economic troubles, the level of uncertainty may be the key in determining their market variation.
Posted In: spain, Greece, Europe debt crisis, bank bailout
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Apple CEO's public relations dividend

Apple head Tim Cook says he will forgo the $75 million dividend from his company stock. It's a shrewd move at a time when corporate chiefs are under pressure for being over paid.
Posted In: apple, tim cook, ceo, compensation
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Los Angeles joins plastic bag ban

L.A. has become the largest U.S. city to prohibit the use of plastic grocery bags. But the paper alternative isn't much better for the environment.
Posted In: plastic bags
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Why owls make bad pets

They may be cute in "Harry Potter" movies. But clueless wizard fans in England are learning the hard way that owls are not like parrots.
Posted In: owls, harry potter
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Facebook and your mobile life

How a newly public Facebook could change your mobile experience.
Posted In: Facebook
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What does the Facebook IPO mean for you?

Facebook goes public. What'll that mean for Facebook users?
Posted In: Facebook, IPO
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Could your car tell on you?

Congress is considering a law that would require all new cars to have "black box" devices.
Posted In: black box recorder, car insurance, Verizon, unlimited
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Home DNA kits -- to test or not to test?

Ancestry.com unveils new, more advanced DNA testing.
Posted In: Tech Report, dna, genetic testing
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Spam texts, and how to avoid them

Millions of spam texts are sent each day. Here's what to do when you get one.
Posted In: Tech Report, spam, cell phones
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Biggest suspense from upfronts are the lineups

It's upfronts week for the television industry, when networks announce for advertisers which shows are in, on their way in and out. Networking scheduling can be a bit of a "scientific art."
Posted In: Entertainment, television, tv, upfronts

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