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
- Rain helps contain wildfires so more of the BWCA will reopen, but fires burn on
- Politicians to court ag vote at Minnesota Farmfest this week amid drought, high costs and uncertain markets
- Northeast Minnesota wildfires causing disastrous economic impacts to tourism industry
- United Way fund available to help Ely-area small businesses impacted by wildfires recover
- Fueling firefighters who combat NE Minnesota wildfires requires proper nutritional prep
- Martin Luther College seeks to reinstate teacher licensure eligibility
- After three summers closed and chronic flooding, Highway 93 reopens
- After nearly three years, Henderson celebrates reopening of Highway 93
- Summer camps close, wilderness trips end and kids head home due to BWCA wildfires
- PUC approves permits for big solar power and energy storage project in southern Minnesota
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