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
- Worthington's Lake Okabena is still murky, but cleanup efforts make small waves of progress
- Mankato Latinos celebrate Day of the Dead amid deportations and anti-immigrant rhetoric
- Record 172 million pounds of food distributed to food shelves amid high inflation, diesel prices
- More than books: New Ulm Public Library patrons can also take home produce and frozen meals
- Show-and-tell: How Montevideo schools convinced voters to increase taxes after failing 3 times
- New Richland flood damage assessment begins this week before seeking Trump administration aid
- Tempers flare in New Richland as residents air frustrations over repeated flooding
- New Richland turns to flooding clean up, recovery, and long-term solutions for drainage ditch
- 54th annual Mahkato Wacipi in Mankato celebrates Dakota culture, honors men executed in 1862
- Rabies confirmed in Brown County cow. MDH recommends shots for 9 people who were exposed
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