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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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Corn supply, and its effect on food prices

by Adriene Hill
Jun 9, 2011
The floods in the Midwest are hurting corn supply, which could affect the rest of the food industry.
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Green vs. Green on environmental priorities

by Adriene Hill
Jun 2, 2011
Renewable energy projects need massive amounts of land, often in environmentally-sensitive areas -- sometimes the same land that greens have fought to protect.
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Food pyramid out -- plates in

by Adriene Hill
Jun 2, 2011
USDA will reveal new nutrition and food guidelines today -- alongside a simpler icon for American consumers.
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Tyson Foods bets on dark meat chicken

by Adriene Hill
May 25, 2011
Chicken legs and thighs are piling up in warehouses as China and Russia buy less. So Tyson will sell more dark meat in smoked sausage and pizza toppings to Americans.
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Maps - Electricity

Electricity prices aren't created equal

by Adriene Hill
May 23, 2011
In Hawaii, high prices for electricity have led residents to cut back and look for alternatives.
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Eating the whole hog

by Adriene Hill
May 19, 2011
Boutique butchers are booming as chefs and home cooks look to eat all the parts of the animal -- from nose to tail.
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Midwest flood damage not yet peaked

by Adriene Hill
May 5, 2011
Even though Cairo, Ill., was spared, heavy damage still awaits downstream communities and the Gulf Coast.
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News In Brief

When do you buy organic? When do experts?

by Adriene Hill
May 4, 2011
I never know when it makes sense to shell out extra money for organic foods. It's one of the reasons I started working on the story for Marketpla...
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The non-organic future

by Adriene Hill
May 4, 2011
Think organic food plays an essential role in feeding the future? Think again.
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Food and Drink

Coffee prices on their way up

by Adriene Hill
Apr 25, 2011
Thanks to unusual temperatures and rainfall, coffee production is falling in some parts of the world, just as emerging markets like India and China are embracing the drink.
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