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Hannah Olson

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As seen in: Yahoo News, MDPI, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo, Pioneer Press, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, Duluth News Tribune, THE Journal: Technological Horizons In Education, Grand Forks Herald, Indy Week and
Covers:  Education, Native American issues and culture, local government, police
Doesn't Cover: Courts, sports, obits
good news gal & recent North Carolinian 🍅| currently: @chpublib | you might’ve seen my ✏️&📸 in @indyweek @Bemidji @ifallsjournal @iowastatedaily | she/her

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Hannah Olson’s Biography

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I recently graduated from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, with majors in journalism, international studies and German. While there, I worked as a photo editor for my student newspaper, the Iowa State Daily, and as a writer and photographer for an arts and entertainment magazine.

Highlights from working for student publications included: sleeping in a box in 40-degree weather for a news assignment, nearly being crushed by fans while photographing a music festival, photographing Vice Presid…

Hannah Olson’s Journalist Portfolio

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Exclusive: Chapel Hill Council Member Allen Buansi Will Run for Rep. Insko's State House Seat

Exclusive: Chapel Hill Council Member Allen Buansi Will Run for Rep. Insko's State House Seat

When Allen Buansi was in seventh grade, bored in the way that only middle schoolers can be, he found his purp…

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Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Discuss Staffing Concerns in Joint Me...

Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Discuss Staffing Concerns in Joint Me...

In a joint meeting last night between the Orange County and Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools boards and the …

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Longtime Democratic Lawmaker Verla Insko Announces Retirement Plans

Longtime Democratic Lawmaker Verla Insko Announces Retirement Plans

Capping off 12 terms in the state House, Rep. Verla Insko (D-Orange County) yesterday announced plans to reti…

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Report: Anonymous Emails Raise Concerns Over Sex Offender Status of Husband of Chapel Hill Counci...

Report: Anonymous Emails Raise Concerns Over Sex Offender Status of Husband of Chapel Hill Counci...

A story published in The News & Observer on Tuesday brings to light a 20-year-old incestuous rape accusation …

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Bringing back bison: Herd could mean food sovereignty is on the horizon for Red Lake Nation | Bem...

Bringing back bison: Herd could mean food sovereignty is on the horizon for Red Lake Nation | Bem...

"This is called the Red Lake Buffalo Ranch," she said, on a windy, hot day at the end of June. The area is no…

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“If You Are Raped, You Are Like Secondhand”: Systemic Barriers to Reporting Sexual Violence Against School-Aged Girls in a Rural Community in Kenya

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By Leso Munala, Courtney Johnson, Hannah Olson Verified, Courtney Johnson, Hannah Resendiz
| MDPI
1. Background 1.1. Introduction Sexual Violence in and around schools is increasingly acknowledged as a global problem with long-term negative consequences [1] The fifth goal of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focuses on gender equality, with a specific target of eliminating violence against all girls and women, including sexual violence [2]. Despite this, the world will not achieve gender equality by 2030, with estimates stating it will take 286 years to reach legal protection.
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Orange County Has a New, Collaborative Racial Equity Plan But Some Residents Worry It's More of the Same

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By Hannah Olson Verified
| Indy Week Verified
Carrboro resident Betty Curry began paying attention to local racial equity issues when she saw the way her grandsons were treated in Chapel Hill–Carrboro City Schools. Curry, a mother of three and grandmother of nine, says Black students are given far more suspensions and are scrutinized more by school resource officers.
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Exclusive: N.C. Farmer and Cookbook Author Jamie DeMent Holcomb Announces Bid for State Senate in Seat Covering Sen. Foushee’s District

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By Hannah Olson Verified
| Indy Week Verified
Whether you've seen her cooking up Southern dishes on the Hallmark Channel or leafed through her cookbook filled with mouthwatering buttermilk roasted chicken, sage and sausage stuffed acorn squash, or field peas, you probably know Jamie DeMent best as “The Farmhouse Chef.” By day, DeMent (whose full name is Jamie DeMent Holcomb) is planting, harvesting, cooking, and selling products from her farm and by night, she’s writing about food for her next cookbook.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first professional position was as a multimedia journalist at the International Falls Journal.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes (and broke it on my first attempt)

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Harriet the Spy may not count, but she was my childhood inspiration.