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Anna Gallegos-Cannon

Anna Gallegos-Cannon is a native Texan who bounced around the United States before landing in Nashville in 2018.
Prior to joining WPLN, Anna was a digital producer for The Tennessean. She previously worked as a copy editor for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a reporter for The Oakland Tribune, and hockey writer for Sports Illustrated, among other media jobs.
When she isn’t working in the news, Anna is attempting to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winning novels, playing fetch with her dog Radar, or watching hockey.

Anna Gallegos-Cannon, Digital Lead — This Is Nashville

Anna Gallegos-Cannon is a native Texan who bounced around the United States before landing in Nashville in 2018. Prior to joining WPLN, Anna was a digital producer for The Tennessean. She previously worked as a copy editor for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a reporter for The Oakland Tribune, and hockey writer for Sports Illustrated, among other media jobs. When she isn’t working in the news, Anna is attempting to read all of the Pulitzer Prize winning novels, playing fetch with her dog Radar, or watching hockey.

‘This is not a death sentence’: Advocates want Tennessee to reexamine its HIV criminalization laws

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

August 9, 2022

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In Tennessee, people with HIV risk criminal charges if they don’t disclose their diagnosis, and advocates say it’s time for those laws to change.

Filed Under: Health Care, News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: HIV, University of Memphis

What does ‘affordable housing’ mean to you?

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

August 3, 2022

The federal definition of affordable housing is spending no more than 30% of your income on rent or a mortgage. Is your definition of “affordable housing” different?

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville Tagged With: affordable housing, Housing

We want to hear from teachers in Middle Tennessee

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

July 27, 2022

Teachers are the backbone of the state’s education system. However, there are more than 2,000 teacher vacancies in Tennessee and the start of the new school year is only weeks away.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, WPLN News

Here’s the arguments for and against the charter amendments

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

July 26, 2022

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Nashville Banner President and Editor Steve Cavendish breaks down the four charter amendments on the August 4 ballot in Davidson County.

Filed Under: News Hits, Programs, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2022

From registering to absentee ballots, here are the basics of voting in Davidson County

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

July 21, 2022

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Davidson County Election Commissioner Jeff Roberts answers your questions about voting registration, voting rights and what people can expect at the polls.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, Davidson County Election Commission, Elections, Elections 2022, Tennessee Politics, tnpol, voter ID, voting

Here’s some of WPLN’s favorite episodes from This Is Nashville so far

Anna Gallegos-Cannon

June 3, 2022

We look back at some of our favorites among This Is Nashville’s first 60 episodes.

Filed Under: Behind The Scenes, WPLN News

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