Hanson began her career at NBC4 as a reporter and news anchor ... she formerly co-hosted New York Live (formerly called LX New York) on NBC-TV in New York. She joined WNBC-TV in September 1979. She hosted Jane's New York on WNBC-TV, a show of her own created to showcase New York City after 9/11. She became host in 2004 after serving as co-anchor of Today in New York from 1988 to 2003.[5]
She has won nine Emmy Awards, for her reporting and anchoring of major news events. In 1988, she became co-anchor of Today in New York, a position she held until 2003 when she became the station's primary anchor for local programming and the host of Jane's New York.[6]
She was also named the Correspondent of the Year by the New York Police Detectives, with a similar honor from the Fire Department of New York.[7]
Hanson has served as a newsreader on The Today Show for John Palmer, Deborah Norville, Faith Daniels, Margaret Larson, Matt Lauer, and Ann Curry from 1988 to 2006.[8] In May 2007, AnswersMedia announced that Hanson was joining HealthAnswersTV as host of the video series The Answered Patient. She returned to WNBC on February 15, 2010, as co-host, with Sara Gore, of its then 5 pm newscast LX New York, as it was then known.[9]
She has taught at Long Island University, Stern College.[10]
