Piper Hansen is a reporter at Louisville Business First and an SPJ Louisville Pro Chapter board member. At LBF, she writes about residential real estate, finance and other professional services as well as economic development across Southern Indiana. While largely occupied by dogged, shoe leather daily coverage of her beats, Hansen most enjoys reporting and writing data-based enterprise features and stories focused on solutions.
Prior to joining LBF, she covered state government, election-related policy and social justice for the Arizona Capitol Times, the Arizona Republic and Arizona PBS. Hansen was also previously the digital editor-in-chief at the Arizona State Press — the student-run, independent newspaper at Arizona State University — where she managed all written content published online and herded a staff of more than 100 across coverage areas.
Her reporting has been recognized numerous times for its excellence by SPJ Louisville, the Arizona Press Club, the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization and several other groups. Hansen frequents professional development conferences and seminars, most recently completing the summer 2024 Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Program held at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York.