Staff writer

Office phone: 757-446-2322

Email: louis.hansen@pilotonline.com

Lou Hansen reports on military affairs for the Virginian-Pilot.

He has been with the newspaper since 1997, covering levels of government ranging from planning commissions to the Virginia General Assembly.

He previously worked as a staff writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Newsday.

He studied English literature at the University of Rochester, and earned his graduate degree from New York University (M.A. 1995).