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Hannah Farrow - Reporter and Newsletter Producer
Hannah Farrow

Reporter and Newsletter Producer

Hi! I’m Hannah. I grew up in a small town in south Jersey picking peaches and fishing for flounder. In 2013, I moved to Tampa for my undergraduate studies at the University of Tampa, where I played lacrosse and studied abroad in Australia. I moved to Chicago in 2019 for my master's degree from Northwestern University and then to D.C. to work for POLITICO and National Geographic. I'm now back in Tampa — and I plan to stay for a while. When I’m not working on newsletters or reporting on local happenings, you can find me in a CrossFit gym, on the pickleball courts, or on a plane to hike a mountain in somewhere like Maine or Peru.

  1. After back-to-back hurricanes, how are Tampa Bay thrift stores faring?
    • Shopping
    Angela Chancey, left, and her daughter Mackenzie Chancey shop for items at Goodwill on Friday in Oldsmar.
  2. Can you recycle your campaign yard signs? Some Tampa Bay residents are getting creative.
    • Environment
    Students at Community Stepping Stones turn old campaign yard signs into art projects, like birdhouses pictured above.
  3. After Hurricane Milton, when will your packages arrive again?
    • Hurricane
    Hurricane Milton caused some Amazon facilities to temporarily close, and likely damage to roads and other infrastructure may cause impacts to customers in the region.
  5. Damage from Hurricane Helene? Here’s how to apply for FEMA aid.
    • Hurricane
    A vehicle was pushed out of its garage by storm surge from Hurricane Helene on Saturday in Madeira Beach.
  6. Forecasters say another tropical system could develop and enter Gulf of Mexico
    • News
    Forecasters are watching a disorganized area of low pressure located over the western and southwestern Caribbean Sea that could form into a tropical depression in the next seven days.
  7. You pay how much for internet?! A guide to broadband prices around Tampa Bay
    • Business
    Internet providers vary from satellite, wireless, fiber and cable connections, all with various speeds and reliability.
  8. What are saw palmetto berries, and why would someone steal 800 pounds of them?
    • Environment
    Saw palmetto berries were historically used to treat reproductive organ disorders and coughs due to various diseases. Today, they're promoted as a dietary supplement for multiple conditions, including urinary symptoms associated with enlarged prostate glands.
  9. Cane toad season is in full swing. Here’s how to protect your pets.
    • Environment
    Cane toads range from a creamy color to entirely dark. They have poison glands on their shoulders behind their eyes and bony ridges over each eye that goes over the nostril.
  10. How do you keep safe from lightning during Tampa Bay’s thunderstorms?
    • Environment
    A lightning strike is shown over Boca Ciega Bay in Pinellas County in 2020. Forecasters say people should head indoors whenever lightning is around.
  11. How Florida’s fishing community fights back against invasive lionfish
    • Environment
    Lionfish, originally from the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, are an invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico.
  12. There’s an invasive Cuban tree frog in your home. Here’s what to do next.
    • Environment
    A Cuban tree frog rests on a table in the patio of a Palm Harbor home on July 2.
  13. Saharan dust is heading toward Tampa Bay this weekend. Here’s what to know.
    • weather
    Clouds and water glow orange as they reflect the setting sun at North Shore Park on June 19, 2020, in St. Petersburg. Saharan dust sunsets, caused by a gigantic plume of dust from the Sahara Desert, are expected to show on Friday and into early next week.
  14. Why was a giant lizard roaming a Tampa Bay neighborhood?
    • Environment
    A Nile monitor is seen in a tree in Cape Coral. There are multiple known populations of Nile monitors throughout Florida, and five or six of them live in Ruskin, according to Ali Mulla, a conservation biology graduate student at the University of South Florida.
  15. Wild alligators are abundant in Florida. So why do we farm them?
    • Environment
    A juvenile alligator surfaces the shore of Lake Tarpon at John Chesnut Sr. Park in East Lake. When the American alligator was placed on the Endangered Species list in 1967, farming played an “integral role” in meeting consumer demand and allowing wild populations to recover.
  16. Could northern lights be visible again in Tampa Bay? It’s complicated, experts say.
    • weather
    The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glow on the horizon in England on May 10. Green, pink and purple hues danced across skies around the world — and made their way to Tampa Bay.
  17. Guns are being stolen from cars at higher rates nationwide. What about in Tampa Bay?
    • Crime
    Nationwide, nearly 122,000 guns were reported stolen in 2022, with over half of those from cars, a recent report found. In the Tampa Bay area, officials reported hundreds of thefts last year.
  18. What is a baby box? And other options mothers have for unwanted infants
    • Health
    A baby safe box is located at the MLK First Responder Campus, 505 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Ocala. Since the box was installed, one baby has been surrendered and adopted.
  19. How does Tampa Bay fare with ‘kitten season’?
    • Environment
    A cat and a kitten lie together at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center in Tampa on Dec. 2, 2021.
  20. When will Piney Point close? We toured the troubled plant.
    • Environment
    Herb Donica, the court-appointed receiver in charge of day-to-day operations at the Piney Point phosphogypsum stack system, observes an area containing geotextile fabric tubes being used to store and drain a slurry of dredged sediment from an adjacent phosphogypsum stack.