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 Rochester City School District could be missing out on more than $2 million in potential Medicaid reimbursements from last school year due to missing paperwork, according to a district administrator. -
The state-appointed monitor overseeing the district, Jaime Alicea, highlighted key discrepancies in a school board meeting Thursday. -
Targeted traffic enforcement will take place in Monroe County for the next few days with a focus on speed, seatbelts, and impaired driving. -
Many school districts around Monroe County shortened school days for younger students this week or canceled them altogether as the heat index hit dangerous levels, rising above 100 degrees. -
A bill to add a warning label to social media platforms has just cleared both chambers of the state Legislature. -
The Rochester area's public transit service is holding a public hearing this Wednesday on proposed changes to its OnDemand services. -
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.
