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Adriene Hill

Former Correspondent

SHORT BIO

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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Theaters look to make more money by moving the candy

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Movie theaters are counting on concession sales to help boost revenues.
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"Suicide Squad" gambles on anti-heroes

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'Thank you' as an anti-piracy strategy

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Finally, Disney introduces a Latina princess

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Music streaming service Deezer plans U.S. launch

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Now hiring: Hedgehog Officer

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Warner Brothers wants you to go see Tarzan and get ripped, too

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No guarantee that you'll end up looking like Alexander Skarsgard.
#TarzanChallenge.
Photo by Jonathan Olley - © 2014 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

The NBA scores big bucks for their players

Jul 5, 2016
A new salary cap for NBA players skyrockets to over $94 million.
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How movie tracking has changed

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