Victoria Hansen
Reporter, Producer
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.
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Denmark Vesey was a freeman who organized a slave rebellion that was thwarted when news of it was leaked. He ultimately was hanged. A bicentennial celebration was held earlier in July for Vesey.
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Denmark Vesey's planned slave rebellion was meant to be extensive. -
Once prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh may be charged this week in connection with the murders of his wife and son.
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The new law lets health care providers refuse nonemergency care that conflicts with their religious, moral or ethical beliefs. Supporters say it protects doctors, nurses and medical students from being forced to violate their conscience. However, critics call the law a license to discriminate, especially against LGBTQ people.
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Under a bill that's poised to become law in South Carolina, doctors and nurses can refuse to provide non-emergency care, if they object to the treatment on moral or religious grounds.
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Trump endorsed two challengers to incumbent members of Congress from South Carolina. Rep. Tom Rice, who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riot, was beaten, while Rep. Nancy Mace won.
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It is one of the most closely watched and contentious primaries in the state as Republican, freshman Congresswoman Nancy Mace defends her seat against a former state representative trying for a second time to win the 1st District.
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Spoleto Festival USA premieres 'Omar' after a two year, pandemic-related delay. The opera shares the story of a Muslim scholar from Senegal who was sold into slavery in Charleston and wrote the only known autobiography by a slave in Arabic in America.
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The first new general director for Spoleto Festival USA in nearly 40 years, Mena Mark Hanna, is inspired by the world premiere of the opera Omar and has plans to bring more people of color on stage and in the audience.
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Chris Singleton's mother was murdered at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston in 2015. He's since made it his mission to root out racism one person at a time.
