Hannah has been covering Illinois government and politics since 2014, and since then has worked for a variety of outlets from NPR affiliate stations to a startup newsletter. She’s a graduate of both the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the U of I’s Springfield campus, where she received an M.A. through the Public Affairs Reporting program and got her start reporting in the Capitol. Hannah is often seen and heard on TV and radio analysis programs that air across Illinois, and in 2021 she was awarded “best reporter” among downstate radio stations by the Illinois News Broadcasters Association
