Hill began her journalism career in 1998 as a production assistant for "PC Week Radio", the online news program for "PC Week" magazine. During this time, she also worked as a conference coordinator for the Software Publishers Association Europe. She worked at TechTV from 2000 to 2003 as part of the "TechTV News" program, later named "TechLive". From 2000 to 2001, she served as reporter, and from 2001 to 2003, she was co-anchor and correspondent for the program. She is noted for her live reporting of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when she was working for TechTV.