Prior to joining the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, Bohannon worked as a breaking news reporter for Forbes and covered local government and education for the Fort Collins Coloradoan. She earned a master’s degree in investigative reporting from Arizona State University, where she worked on an investigation into COVID-19’s impact on America’s homeless population that was supported by the Pulitzer Center. That project won multiple awards, including first place in student reporting from the Association of Health Care Journalists Awards and best news story in the EPPY Awards. She is also a graduate of Creighton University, where she studied journalism and was editor-in-chief of the school’s student newspaper, the Creightonian.
Beat: Higher Education Accountability in Arizona
This data-driven accountability beat covering higher education in Arizona focuses not just on the students and the university employees tasked with educating them but also on the broader community impacts of these institutions’ financing and influence.