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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More than half a century after the Thomas Indian School closed, local remaining Native American survivors of the institution are telling their stories as part of a national oral history project. -
A local nonprofit is hosting a community conversation about children’s freedom to read. -
Penfield Central School District staff and teachers are asking the school board to approve some new textbooks for use in their classes. -
As the Rochester City School District prepares for its new superintendent to start this summer, some administrators are leaving for other opportunities. -
Five Rochester schools began the school year in receivership. But one school in particular has the state Education Department's attention. -
ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections" on 5/23/25, guest host Noelle Evans and her guests discuss the value of play and recess for students of all ages. -
ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections" on 5/23/25, guest host Noelle Evans and her guests explore the role of school board members and how that role has changed in recent years. -
ConnectionsDuring "Connections" on 5/23/25, guest host Noelle Evans and local school board election winners discuss the role of school boards. Then, why experts say recess is important in public education. -
Hilton, Spencerport, and Churchville-Chili voters shot down propositions to buy electric buses.
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There is a new union at a local college in Monroe County. Non-teaching staff at Nazareth University will now be represented by Nazareth United Professionals.
