Evan Scott Williams

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BACKGROUND

I am a freelance journalist, writer and photographer based in Los Angeles who is compelled by an interest in the humanities and the role art and personal expression play in society.

As a general assignment reporter and award-winning feature and news writer, I have 14 years of experience based in South Florida. In the last four years I have also worked as a freelance event, portrait and street photographer in Southern California.

My career began in 2007, when I was hired as a writer for Florida Weekly, an independent newspaper based in Fort Myers, Fla. I delved into an eclectic world of reporting that eventually illuminated a broad cross-section of society — its art, commerce, culture, travel destinations, bureaucracy, environment and more, in weekly stories published under the slogan: “In the Know, In the Now.”

While on staff, I became a versatile general assignment journalist with expertise in producing, writing, editing and photographing stories. I was recognized by the Florida Press Association with 30 mentions for feature writing (15 first-place), including the FPA’s Claudia Ross Memorial investigative reporting award for a detailed look at the end of Greyhound racing in the state. In 2017, I received The Naples Press Club’s Young Print Journalist of the Year award for stories that included a feature on little-known Harlem, Fla.

In the summer of 2021, I moved to Los Angeles, where I completed a year-long intensive professional certificate program at the non-profit Los Angeles Center of Photography, with courses and workshops on the artistic and commercial sides of the medium. My education also includes a bachelor's in English from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Before life as a journalist, I grew up in Eastern Kansas and worked as a server and cook at restaurants in Kansas, Milwaukee and Florida.