South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) today announced that SC Public Radio reporter Victoria Hansen has been named Radio Reporter of the Year by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association (SCBA). Winners of the annual State Television and Radio (STAR) Awards were announced on August 13th at the Hilton Columbia Center.
Each year, the SCBA honors Palmetto State broadcasters at the STAR Awards. The STAR Awards recognize the exceptional accomplishments of South Carolina stations and their broadcast professionals.
“I’m grateful to SCBA for the recognition and for my SC Public Radio and SCETV family who came out to celebrate our work serving the community,” Hansen said. “I’m passionate about educating and connecting people through storytelling.”
Hansen is SC Public Radio's Lowcountry connection, covering the Charleston community. 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.
This is the fourth year that Hansen has been named Radio Reporter of the Year by the SCBA. Additionally, Hansen has been received recognition from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC) and recently received second place recognition in the Special Feature Category: COVID-2021 at the Public Media Journalist Association (PMJA) 2022 Annual Conference in Seattle, WA.
“We are so proud to see Victoria Hansen be recognized as Radio Reporter of the Year,” said Director of SC Public Radio Sean Birch. “She works tirelessly to present informative, balanced and most importantly humanizing stories that help to connect South Carolinians to each other. Although we don’t do what we do for awards, we are still thrilled to see one of our own receive such a wonderful accolade.”
For more information on the STAR Awards, visit the SCBA website.
