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. 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''. 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. 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. 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. She has taught at Long Island University, Stern College. == Personal life ==