In college Hamsher worked as a reporter covering punk rock and politics for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also edited Damage, a punk rock fanzine. After college she moved to Los Angeles, where she was accepted into the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinema-Television.
During her time in college, Hamsher worked as a reporter covering punk rock and politics for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, and also edited Damage, a punk rock fanzine. After graduating, she relocated to Los Angeles and was accepted into the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC School of Cinema-Television.