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Hannah Schoenbaum is a state government and politics reporter for The Associated Press in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a Report for America corps member. She is a recipient of the 2023 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists. Beyond covering her state’s legislature, courts and elections, she helps lead AP’s LGBTQ+ legislative coverage across all states, producing her own enterprise stories and advising other reporters on their coverage. Just over a year into her current role, she has become one of AP’s go-to reporters for richly told stories about the far-reaching human impact of these policies. She previously covered Congress for The Hill and the Albany Times Union while a graduate student at Northwestern University and was a regular contributor at USA Today. An alumna of Boston University, she got her start in state government reporting as the Massachusetts State House correspondent for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. She currently volunteers as a journalism instructor at a high school in Durham.