Hano graduated from school having studied political science and administrative law in Frankfurt.
[2] Hano took over the management of the ZDF correspondent's office in New York City on 1 September 2014.
The jury for the award stated: "In his travel report 'China's Borders', Johannes Hano takes a look at the Middle Kingdom from the periphery.
The Bavarian Television Award 2011 goes to Johannes Hano for his report 'China's Borders', which offers a unique view of a country that will change the future of the world and of which we know so little.
He visited China's borders with Russia and North Korea and headed for Taiwan in the southwest to Yunnan.