
Meet Hannah Yang
Hannah Yang is a senior reporter based in Worthington and Mankato, where she covers southwest Minnesota.
Before MPR News, Hannah covered education and county news for the Austin Daily Herald. She also served as a regional reporter for the Rochester Post Bulletin, covering Dodge, Fillmore and Mower counties.
Hannah’s work has been recognized with several awards, including a regional Edward R. Murrow Award, a National Headliner Award, multiple Page One Awards from the Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, and first place for best use of video in the Better Newspaper Contest from the Minnesota Newspaper Association.
Hannah graduated with a bachelor’s degree in news and information with a minor and specialization in Spanish from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Hannah is a proud second-generation Korean American and grew up in Cleveland. She's a mom of two corgis and married to her best friend.
You can find Hannah on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
Recent Contributions
- 85 years after he left home, WWII Medal of Honor recipient will be buried in New Ulm
- North Mankato alpaca farmer wins nearly $200K in five-night run on 'Wheel of Fortune'
- As 2 in 5 college students experience food insecurity, more of them rely on food pantries
- Nobles County Board votes against zoning change, preventing massive data centers
- Nonprofit Ruby's Pantry abruptly closes all food shelf sites in Minnesota, Upper Midwest
- New Ulm needs $11 million to rebuild and restore iconic Hermann the German Monument
- Seeking volunteer firefighters in small-town Minnesota
- Record high demand for food aid as Minnesotans make 9 million visits to food shelves in 2025
- Former Del Monte plant in Sleepy Eye sells for $600,000
- 'Language is a need': Ojibwe, Dakota speakers work to preserve, revive Indigenous languages
