Hannah Frances Johansson

About me:

In May 2025, I completed my master's thesis at UC Berkeley about corporate farmland consolidation and water politics in the Central Valley. Since then, I've worked with Pittsburgh's Public Source to report on regional challenges to climate adaptation, and attended a Transom audio workshop. 

My reporting has appeared in CNN, Interlochen Public Radio, the Fresno Bee and Poetry Foundation, among other places. 

I'm a recipient of the Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Award, the 11th Hour Food and Farming Fellowship and the Forgein Area Language Studies Fellowship. 

Prior to journalism I worked briefly in ecology. I have a B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies, also from UC Berkeley, where I was a Regents' Scholar.

I'm currently freelancing from Pittsburgh, and open to tape syncs. 

Education:

Master of Journalism, Univeristy of California, Berkeley '25

Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley: Conservation and Resource Studies '22

Transom Story Workshop, Interlochen, Michigan, August 2025

Geographic Information Systems Certificate, San Francisco State University '23