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 is grappling with just under 200 vacant positions — most of them teachers, according to a district presentation to the city school board this week.
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Aspiring school board candidates in districts around Monroe County have one month to throw their hat in the ring ahead of upcoming elections.
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The Rochester Museum & Science Center has donated 32,000 eclipse glasses to the City School District ahead of the April 8 solar eclipse.
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Most students in the Rochester City School District’s senior class are on track to graduate by this August. But about a third are not.
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Rochester city school district Superintendent Carmine Peluso visited the White House on Wednesday for a meeting with representatives from the U.S. Department of Education to discuss summer learning.
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Winters in Rochester are getting warmer. That’s making one wintery outdoor activity more approachable for some: cold water immersion.
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Monroe High School hosted an annual career fair on Thursday. There was a big turnout and students explored becoming first responders, working for a bank, and working for public media.
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As school districts across New York state prepare budgets for the next academic year, a question remains: Will the state budget match Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal?
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Fairport students might start their school day later – or earlier – depending on the outcome of an ongoing review by the district flip elementary and high school start times.
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The Rochester Board of Education voted to establish new names for seven schools in the city school district this week. It's part of the district’s school reconfiguration initiative that district leaders call the ‘Invest in Tomorrow’ plan.