Neena Hagen

Neena Hagen is a data reporter for The Boston Globe.

Before coming to the Globe in 2024, she worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and primarily covered housing, infrastructure and local government for the investigative team.

During her time in Pittsburgh, she co-authored a series called “Left to Rot,” which revealed the city’s crisis of abandoned homes and triggered sweeping reforms. The project was named a 2024 Livingston finalist. She also exposed Pittsburgh's failed bridge maintenance program that led to the collapse of a major span and dredged up internal data showing the city was barreling toward a fiscal cliff.

Previously, she worked as a data reporter for USA TODAY and as a freelance education reporter for Chalkbeat, where she reported extensively on school closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Philadelphia native, Neena graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. She spent two years as an actuarial math major before catching the journalism bug at Pitt’s student newspaper, The Pitt News.