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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A local school district is under strain as voters reject a proposition to buy electric school buses ahead of an approaching deadline for New York school districts to transition to zero-emission bus fleets. -
The issues pertain to missing or inaccurate information regarding retirement plans, employee health insurance contributions, and other pre-tax contributions — boxes 12 through 14 on W-2 forms — according to a payroll department email sent to staff. -
An accredited university dedicated to Indigenous studies could welcome its first students in the fall of 2027 to the former campus of Wells College. -
The initiative is meant to drive down the number of people hurt or killed in collisions with automobiles. -
Many college programs for students with intellectual disabilities are not accredited. A new grant-funded effort aims to change that. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul has committed $6.6 million to help develop a network of community spaces for people with serious mental health illnesses across the state. -
For many people with disabilities, getting married can come with a steep cost: the loss of federal benefits that provide income and health care. The policy, known as the marriage penalty, affects people who rely on Supplemental Security Income or Medicaid. -
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During the Civil Rights Movement, disabled activists helped shape new legal protections. Decades later, local self-advocates say the fight for equal rights and treatment is far from over. -
Catch the first episode of this podcast about self-advocacy, disability, and everyday life.
