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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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With lottery wins, the bottom line depends on where you live

by Adriene Hill
Aug 8, 2017
It’s that time again when lottery jackpots are big enough that even non-regulars are daydreaming about what they might do with the windfall. The Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are both over $300 million. You know, of course that if you win, you’ll have to pay big federal income taxes. But state income taxes on […]
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The fastest-growing job market is also the least-paying

by Adriene Hill
Aug 4, 2017
Today’s jobs report was unexpectedly good: The economy added 209,000 jobs in July. But a deeper dig into the data shows that one of the fastest-growing parts of the job market is the one that pays the least. And that may be one reason why wages are ticking up so slowly. Click the audio player […]
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Economists think immigration boosts growth. So why does Trump want to cut it?

by Adriene Hill
Aug 3, 2017
President Trump threw his weight behind a massive change to U.S. immigration policy this week, supporting a proposal that would cut legal immigration to the U.S. in half during the next decade. The bill would limit the ability of legal residents and American citizens to bring family members to the country in favor of highly […]
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How tax withholding became the norm for American workers

by Adriene Hill
Jul 31, 2017
Not everyone thinks automatic deductions for state and federal taxes are a good idea.
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Scaramucci's hedge fund sale to Chinese firm could pose a conflict of interest

by Adriene Hill
Jul 27, 2017
Anthony Scaramucci, the new White House communications director, still has pending business with China. His hedge fund firm, SkyBridge Capital, will be sold to a Chinese company, the HNA Group, once regulators sign off. The Wall Street Journal reports the deal could be worth $250 million and that Scaramucci himself stands to earn between $62 […]
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Can the president keep his tax cut promise?

by Adriene Hill
Jul 21, 2017
This week, the House of Representatives detailed a 2018 budget plan, a first step toward a tax code overhaul. But it’ll be no small lift to get to the big corporate tax cut President Trump has promised. The administration wants to lower corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 15 percent. That’s going to be […]
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Sorry Spotify, country music is still a radio industry

by Adriene Hill and Emily Henderson
Jul 19, 2017
Over on the Billboard Country Charts, a song called “In Case You Didn’t Know” by Brett Young is sitting at the No. 2 spot. Young is relatively new to the country music scene, and just last year, he went out on a radio tour across the U.S., as many new country artists do. The radio […]
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Can the Hollywood baseball movie make a comeback?

by Adriene Hill and Robert Garrova
Jul 19, 2017
The strike and steroids " purged a lot of the sentimentality" from the game, says Jay Caspian Kang of the New York Times.
Kevin Costner and Ray Liotta in "Field of Dreams."
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Can a better-designed bike helmet make people safer on the road?

by Adriene Hill and Robert Garrova
Jul 19, 2017
Gloria Hwang, the founder and CEO of helmet company Thousand, thinks so.
Photo Courtesy Thousand
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"The grid is in good shape," an Energy Department study draft says

by Adriene Hill and Scott Tong
Jul 18, 2017
Are renewable sources reliable? Come down the energy rabbit hole with us.
President Trump and Energy Secretary Rick Perry at an "Unleashing American Energy" event in June. The Trump administration believes in fossil fuel "dominance."
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