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Adriene Hill

Former Correspondent

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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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"Milk Street" wants to take home cooking in a new direction

by Adriene Hill
Oct 3, 2017
Christopher Kimball is loosening his bow tie and having more fun in the kitchen.
Instead of focusing on the technique, Kimball says, the key to a good home meal is all about big flavors.
Courtesy of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street
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Why so much of the U.S. tax code is social policy

by Adriene Hill
Oct 2, 2017
Our tax code supports a whole lot of social programs. No wonder it's complicated.
Piles of tax forms at the 58th Street Library in New York City.
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Why increasing the standard deduction is a big change now, and maybe later

by Adriene Hill
Sep 27, 2017
A key component of the Republican tax plan is doubling the standard deduction for individuals. The standard deduction reduces the amount of income on which you pay taxes, so doubling it means folks who typically take the standard deduction could have lower taxable income. And it also could lead more people to take the standard […]
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How Americans really feel about taxes

by Adriene Hill
Sep 27, 2017
"Tax morale" is high as President Trump prepares to unveil reform framework.
IRS data show that more than 90 percent of Americans agree that paying taxes is a civic duty.
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Officials fight to keep the state and local tax deduction

by Adriene Hill
Sep 22, 2017
GOP lawmakers consider eliminating it as apart of a tax-reform plan.
Anticipating a high volume of calls and the ensuing backlog, the IRS is urging people to prepare as much as possible this tax season.
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Facebook fights fires on multiple fronts

by Adriene Hill
Sep 21, 2017
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company will give congressional investigators thousands of social and political ads from accounts associated with a Russian organization known as the Internet Research Agency. And while Zuckerberg was busy detailing that decision, Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, has been dealing with another tricky issue. ProPublica recently […]
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Apple’s App Store gets its own upgrade

by Adriene Hill
Sep 20, 2017
Along with releasing its new iOS 11 operating system, Apple also has redesigned the App Store. The new look is meant to make it easier for users to find new apps and increase what is already a big part of Apple’s business. In fact, the service part of Apple’s model — which is dominated by […]
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Cruz proposes “full and immediate” expensing for businesses

by Adriene Hill
Sep 13, 2017
Mark your calendars for the week of September 25. That’s when Republicans say they’ll role out more details of their plan for tax reform. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas presented details of his priorities today at the Tax Foundation. On that list, right after “a low, flat tax rate” and “file on a postcard” […]
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Why it's difficult to "always remember"

by Adriene Hill
Sep 12, 2017
Maintaining memorials over decades can be a challenge for many communities.
Jane Thomas, collections manager at the Oklahoma City National Memorial, tends to one of the chairs representing the 168 people killed in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building the day prior to the 10th anniversary of the explosion.
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Communities are building permanent memorials for victims of mass violence

by Adriene Hill
Sep 11, 2017
Every time someone chips in, “it’s proof that love always wins.”
The temporary memorial to the victims of the San Bernardino shooting.
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