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Noelle Evans
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Education Reporter and Producer, WXXI News
United States
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Biography
Noelle 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 Coverage, 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 freedom of the press has in a 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.
US politics, nature, medical, law, and nature.
Content
By Noelle Evans Verified| WXXI News Verified The University of Rochester is joining the Association of American Universities in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy. The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new policy on Friday intended to halt “inefficient spending” at universities. That includes capping funding for facilities and administrative costs at 15 percent. In a memo, the agency says it provides $2.5 billion to more than 300 colleges for federally sanctioned research.
By Noelle Evans Verified| WXXI News Verified The Rochester city school board entered into its first round of deliberations this week over a proposed $1.1 billion budget for the 2025-26 school year. The district initially projected a significant budget gap of about $38 million. But interim Superintendent Demario Strickland said expected boosts to state funding helped close it. “We still found that we had a slight gap," Strickland said, leading the district to cut more than 130 staff positions.
By Noelle Evans Verified| WXXI News Verified The Penfield Central School District is reviewing three library books that have been formally challenged. The American Library Association defines challenges as an attempt to remove or restrict materials from a library or curriculum based on someone’s objection. One of those books is "The Rainbow Parade" by Emily Neilson, which was at the center of a heated controversy surrounding the district that was influenced by misinformation shared widely on social media.
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