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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Charleston Family Celebrates Federal Ruling Blocking Ban on School Mask Mandates
September 29, 2021Samantha Boevers was giving her kids a bath when she got the news. A federal judge had just ordered the state to stop enforcing a ban on mask mandates in public schools. “I was crying tears of relief because I can keep him safe,” says Boevers. Her son Porter immediately... -
Voices from Afghanistan: A Serviceman and Veterans Reflect on the 20-year War
September 21, 2021Excitement mixes with exhaustion as Major Phil Compton wraps up a mission in New Jersey. The operations flight commander with the 628 th Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Charleston has been busy, very busy. “It’s a personal mission to go to Afghanistan and do what we do... -
Families of Kids with Disabilities Wait for Courts to Decide School Mask Mandates
September 14, 2021Porter Boevers of Charleston slips behind the curtain of his makeshift playroom just off the dining room into a land of dinosaurs. The 4-year-old points out every plastic and plush prehistoric reptile by its precise name, pronouncing each with a burst of excitement... -
Mask Confusion as Kids and the Coronavirus Go Back to School
August 19, 2021Weeks before the first school bells rang, health officials sounded an alarm. “Just in Charleston County alone, we are starting to see record numbers of children with COVID,” says Allison Eckard, a pediatric infectious disease physician at the Medical University of South... -
What's the Meaning of This? No Charges Against Charleston Detention Officers in the Death of a Black
July 28, 2021Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson says Jamal Sutherland did everything he was supposed to do. The 31-year-old acknowledged his struggles with schizophrenia and checked into a North Charleston mental health facility. But she says he quickly realized he was getting worse... -
Well-Known Reporter Turns to Fitness to Fight Rare, Aggressive Cancer
July 22, 2021Meg Kinnard makes quick work of a maze of heavy weights and intimidating, high tech machines. Her lean muscles flex against the metal. Sweat beads on her freshly shaven head. The 40-year-old appears more like a superhero than a woman fighting for her life, especially as she...