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.
Reach her at nevans@wxxi.org.
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FAFSA Fest is back. Rochester students can get help with their college financial aid applications throughout the fall and winter at an array of events throughout the city.
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A 1960s protest in Rochester shaped a disability rights movement. Now advocates want it memorializedA grainy newspaper photograph captures a moment that local disability rights leaders say encapsulates a youth-led movement for disability rights in Rochester. -
Nearly all Rochester city schools that have been in receivership are eligible to shed that status by the end of the upcoming school year. -
Worker shortages mean children are spending months or longer on waitlists. -
The goal is not just to teach basketball, but financial literacy, nutrition and mental health. Says one coach: “We're teaching the kids: ‘Be yourself. Be the best you.'” -
A New York state initiative to reduce fossil fuel reliance and bolster alternative fuel advancements is getting a financial boost. -
Federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have left thousands of locals without benefits. -
WXXI's Noelle Evans and Beth Adams break down the clubhouse model, how it works, and what the benefits are. -
Rochester city school leaders are faced with a significant challenge: find a way to close a $61 million revenue gap in the next budget cycle and improve student performance enough to satisfy the state. -
The mental health agency has received a $1.4 million grant to launch the community program that 's run for and by people with serious mental illness.
