ELISE HANSEN

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Reporter, New York, NY 10/2023 - present

Reporting on environmental and legal issues from New York City.

Senior Reporter, Law360, New York, NY 02/2021 - 08/2022

Reported on daily news and long-term trends in financial technology, with a focus on corporate dealmaking, regulation and enforcement.

Reporter, Law360, New York, NY 06/2019 - 02/2021

Covered daily news in financial fields including private equity and venture capital, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.

Tax Researcher, Law360, New York, NY 07/2018 - 06/2019

Pitched and briefed stories about the latest developments in tax law and litigation. Focused on federal-level lawsuits and policy, but regularly contributed to state and local coverage as well as international news.

Freelance Reporter, New York, NY 01/2018 - 12/2018

Covered trends in blockchain technology, wrote a feature story (with data visualizations) about solar policy for Grist, wrote an in-depth story on the latest stop and frisk controversies for a local NYC outlet, and more.

Intern, CNN Data Journalism, Atlanta, GA                                                                     09/2017-12/2017

Pitched, reported and wrote a story about police use of force against Native Americans that gained a large audience on social media.  Co-wrote a piece about the history of a rifle frequently used in mass shootings and contributed research to the team’s long-term investigative work on the opioid epidemic.

Teacher, Regents School of Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA                                    08/2015-07/2016

Taught math and science at the middle school level--an excellent lesson in audience engagement, content distillation and patience.

 Analyst, Paid Search at Merkle|RKG, Charlottesville, VA                                              08/2013-07/2015

Used tools such as SQL and Excel to analyze and report on search engine marketing accounts. Directed marketing strategy for multiple client accounts and collaborated with a team on larger accounts.


EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y.                         May 2017

Master of Science, specialization in data journalism with coursework in reporting essentials, writing with data and computational techniques. Used Python to chart the spread of misinformation on Twitter in a computational journalism class and contributed to a published anthology of literary nonfiction stories.

Washington and Lee University (W&L), Lexington, VA.                                                May 2013

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with a minor in Poverty and Human Capability Studies. Earned a full, merit-based scholarship and graduated cum laude.


SKILLS

  • Data analysis and visualization: Python, Microsoft Excel, SQL, QGIS, API calls, basic web scraping

  • Basic audio, video, photo shooting and editing

  • Conversational Spanish

  • AP-style writing and editing