Victoria Hansen
Victoria Hansen is our Lowcountry connection covering the Charleston community, a city she knows well. She grew up in newspaper newsrooms and has worked as a broadcast journalist for more than 20 years. Her first reporting job brought her to Charleston where she covered local and national stories like the Susan Smith murder trial and the arrival of the Citadel’s first female cadet.
An opportunity to anchor the news for an ABC affiliate took her to Nashville, Tennessee. But summer vacations were always spent in Charleston. She moved back in 2006 to the city she calls home to anchor and report again at the tv station where she began.
Victoria has volunteered and served as a spokesperson for numerous nonprofits. She has been honored with multiple Emmys as well as a Community Service Award from the South Carolina Broadcasters Association. It is her passion for community service that brings her to South Carolina Public Radio.
Stories
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Search for Brittanee Drexel now a pursuit for justice says mother after remains are found
May 16, 2022The mystery of what happened to Brittanee Drexel may finally be unravelled now that authorities have found the remains of the New York teenager 30 miles away from where she vanished during spring break more than a decade ago. In a room packed with press, law enforcement and... -
Fight over firing squad could stretch through summer
May 12, 2022In the state’s death chambers in Columbia, a metal chair sits ready to strap in the condemned. A hood will be placed over their head, an aim point over their heart. Then, three volunteers with rifles will open fire from behind a cutout in the brick wall ahead. “That blows my... -
Charleson based festival tries to change the color of classical music
April 01, 2022Sean Daniels awes an intimate audience as he plays the Marimba, an African xylophone, at the historic Middleton-Pinckney House in Charleston, SC. His face is silhouetted against the room’s tall, ornate windows. Daniels was just 12 years old when he told his mother he wanted... -
Donation drive for Ukraine gives voice to Charleston's Eastern European Community
March 08, 2022More than 5,000 miles away from Ukraine, a vacant parking lot in Charleston morphs into a massive donation site and village of distinctly Eastern European voices. Among them; Tatiano Kutanko. “I came a week ago, like right before the war started,” she says through a... -
Artist Jonathan Green evokes his past to inspire women and children in a new book, "Gullah Spirit".
December 10, 2021It’s hard not to notice Jonathan Green, even in a crowd. Vibrantly dressed in an emerald green jacket with floral details, he pops like the subjects of his colorful paintings collected in a new book called, “Gullah Spirit”. He mingles with fans and potential buyers during... -
Political reporter back home with no sign of breast cancer following treatment in Texas
November 22, 2021Political reporter Meg Kinnard sits beside the same second story window of her Richland County home where she first shed light on a personal battle with breast cancer this past spring. Dressed in a vibrant red dress with lips to match and long black hair much like her own...