{"id":2,"date":"2014-08-20T20:20:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T20:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/learning-technologies\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:24:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:24:56","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a community-focused storyteller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:200\">Grounded in truth, driven by connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoglethorpeecho.com\/search\/node?keys=hannah+freeman\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"816\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/The-Oglethorpe-Echo-August-28-SMALL-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1059\" style=\"width:816px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/The-Oglethorpe-Echo-August-28-SMALL-1.jpg 816w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/The-Oglethorpe-Echo-August-28-SMALL-1-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/The-Oglethorpe-Echo-August-28-SMALL-1-768x314.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized wp-duotone-unset-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2024\/04\/me-lol-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2494\" height=\"1662\" src=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-896\" style=\"width:820px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited.jpeg 2494w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/10\/me-lol-1-edited-1140x760.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2494px) 100vw, 2494px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting I sustainability beatmates Lily Alarcon (left) and Hannah Freeman present their story pitch on local nonprofit Shell to Shore in Studio 100 of the journalism building on April 12, 2024. The beat story pitch competition was my first experience pitching a story to professional journalists. (photo\/Sarah Freeman).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-5.00.09-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-5.00.09-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-5.00.09-PM.png 1002w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-5.00.09-PM-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/rp-hannahfreeman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2388\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-at-5.00.09-PM-768x208.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 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