Joyce Evans is an American news anchor and reporter. She anchors
WTXF's Fox 29 News at 6 and 10 p.m. on weekends. She joined the
station in 1996 as a weekend anchor and general assignment
reporter.Evans began her journalism career as the morning anchor at
WSET in Lynchburg, Virginia, and later was a weekend anchor and public
affairs program host in Miami, Florida, at WCIX (now WFOR). She moved
to Philadelphia and for ten years worked at KYW-TV as a reporter,
fill-in anchor and host of The Saturday Tribune.On October 6, 2013,
Evans posted a controversial tweet comparing a mass shooting to
popular TV Drama Breaking Bad. In response to the controversy, Evans
said that she did not mean to joke about a serious matter: she has not
discussed it since.Born June 14, 1956, in Washington, D.C., the 5th
child (of 8) of William A. and Margaret Evans, she attended Kenilworth
Elementary, Grimke Elementary, Shaw Jr. High, and graduated from
McKinley High School. Evans attended Howard University Upward Bound
and is a graduate (Class of 1978) of Florida A&M University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in journalism, and is a distinguished
alumna. She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, the
National Association of Black Journalists and the Broadcast Pioneers
of Philadelphia where in 2018, she was inducted into their hall of
fame. She is a native of Washington, D.C., and resides in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
WTXF's Fox 29 News at 6 and 10 p.m. on weekends. She joined the
station in 1996 as a weekend anchor and general assignment
reporter.Evans began her journalism career as the morning anchor at
WSET in Lynchburg, Virginia, and later was a weekend anchor and public
affairs program host in Miami, Florida, at WCIX (now WFOR). She moved
to Philadelphia and for ten years worked at KYW-TV as a reporter,
fill-in anchor and host of The Saturday Tribune.On October 6, 2013,
Evans posted a controversial tweet comparing a mass shooting to
popular TV Drama Breaking Bad. In response to the controversy, Evans
said that she did not mean to joke about a serious matter: she has not
discussed it since.Born June 14, 1956, in Washington, D.C., the 5th
child (of 8) of William A. and Margaret Evans, she attended Kenilworth
Elementary, Grimke Elementary, Shaw Jr. High, and graduated from
McKinley High School. Evans attended Howard University Upward Bound
and is a graduate (Class of 1978) of Florida A&M University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in journalism, and is a distinguished
alumna. She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, the
National Association of Black Journalists and the Broadcast Pioneers
of Philadelphia where in 2018, she was inducted into their hall of
fame. She is a native of Washington, D.C., and resides in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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