Noelle E. C. Evans
Education reporter/producerNoelle E. C. Evans is WXXI's Murrow Award-winning Education reporter/producer. She took on the role in 2022 after two-and-a-half years on general assignment.
In her tenure as Education reporter, Noelle has been awarded 2023 National and Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in Diversity Equity and Inclusion, a 2023 PMJA Award for News Feature, and a 2022 JANY Runner-up Award for Enterprise Reporting.
Her background in documentary filmmaking shapes her storytelling; her experience in education informs her on-the-ground human interest approach to news features.
Noelle's first newsroom position was in Quito, Ecuador, where she worked for a multi-national Latin American media organization. There she developed a nuanced understanding of the role of freedom of the press in democracy. She also sharpened her Spanish language skills (conversational, not yet fluent).
In 2016, Noelle was named a BBC Grace Wyndham Goldie scholar. While living in Cardiff, Wales, she worked with BBC Radio Wales and the BBC World Service. She received her master's degree in international journalism from Cardiff University, one of the top 10 ranking journalism schools in the U.K. Noelle was awarded the university’s USA Excellence Scholarship.
She freelances for NPR and BBC with a particular focus on Indigenous affairs and environment reporting. Her career began as an intern at WXXI in 2014 under the leadership of News Director Randy Gorbman.
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The first day of school is next week and with it comes a new statewide ban on cellphones and internet-enabled devices. Local Rochester students and teachers have different outlooks on how the school year will go. -
When kids face challenges, they can get all kinds of therapeutic interventions at school and at home. And ahead of the upcoming school year, educators and parents are calling for a more playful approach to helping children address hardship. -
How can play improve learning? That is a question the Healthi Kids Coalition explored Wednesday at the Playful Learning Summit at the Memorial Art Gallery. -
The head of SUNY Brockport is stepping down after this academic year. -
The New York state Education Department recently published preliminary test scores for third through eighth graders. -
A new school year marks the beginning of a statewide ban on smartphones in schools. The state launched a site where you can check what your district's policies are. -
An open board game sits on a table waiting to be played. Yellow, green and blue squares form weaving paths between red stop signs. Stacks of little cards line one side. -
The Greece Central School District is seeking more bus drivers ahead of the new academic year. -
A strange spectacle continues to drift along the Erie Canal this week. WXXI's Noelle Evans joined the Flotsam River Circus as they puttered along the waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. -
Governor Kathy Hochul visited with local education leaders in Spencerport on Friday for a roundtable discussion on the statewide bell-to-bell ban on internet-enabled devices in schools.
