My Stats
| Followers: | 23 |
| Contributor since: | January 2010 |
| Location: | Mumbai |
About Me
Hanna Ingber Win is a multi-media journalist based in Mumbai, India. In addition to blogging for True/Slant, she works as GlobalPost's correspondent in Mumbai and marketing consultant. Most recently, Hanna was the founding World Editor of the Huffington Post, and she won InterAction's 2009 Award for Excellence in International Reporting in recognition of the HuffPost's foreign coverage.
Hanna has also lived and worked in Burma, Thailand, South Africa and the States. She has a passion for telling stories about people and how they live.
She has covered maternal health in Ethiopia, police misconduct in South Africa, migrant workers in Malaysia, Iraqi refugees in San Diego and juvenile sex offenders in Los Angeles.
Hanna's freelance work has appeared in Washingtonpost.com, LA Weekly and the Hartford Courant and on NPR's "Morning Edition" and "Day2Day."
She received her undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University and her master's in journalism from USC Annenberg, where she was a Dean's Scholar.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Hanna_India
Email: hingber@gmail.com
Professional
I'm Known For...
My curiosity. And wearing my heart on my sleeve.
My Current Project
Finding a place to lie on the grass in Mumbai.
My Greatest Achievement
Getting profiled in the NYTimes, Ms Magazine and Teen People at age 17 for my condom crusade. All downhill after that.
My Biggest Regret
Not finishing my book on Burma.
I Truly Respect
My mom, sister and grandmother.
How I Pay For This Wardrobe
I don't. I still wear my sister's hand-me-downs.
Blocks I've Been Around
Minisink Trail, Goshen, NY; Home Ave, Middletown, CT; Sule Paya Lan, Rangoon; Nimmanhaeminda Rd, Chiang Mai; Waterfront, Cape Town; Los Feliz, Los Angeles; Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; Pali Hill, Mumbai
Things That Really Happened
The man who censored all my articles and columns at the Myanmar Times, the man I described in emails home as "Censor Man," found me online years later and Facebook friended me.
My Other Website
http://hannaingberwin.com/ http://www.globalpost.com/bio/hanna-ingber-win
Personal
This Is Annoying Me...
Mumbai's rickshaws that are too busy honking to notice the traffic has cleared.
This Is Bringing Me Joy...
Fresh Indian figs.
I'm Running From...
The New York winter.
Can't Do Without
Hummus, diet coke, Petey. And a pen and paper, of course.
