Nick Evans
Former ReporterNick Evans was a reporter at WOSU's 89.7 NPR News. He spent four years in Tallahassee, Florida covering state government before joining the team at WOSU.
Since coming north, Nick has covered school walkouts, a local bookshop, and rural internet access. He's most comfortable in the field with a microphone meeting people who are living the stories you hear on the radio.
Nick has a bachelor's degree in Literature from UC Santa Cruz and Masters in Communication from Florida State University. In between he sold sweatshirts and then boots, until he realized the best part of the day was listening to podcasts on the bike ride home. Online surveys peg him as a Gryffindor, but he always saw himself as more of a Ravenclaw.
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Starting Monday, Columbus will require all employees and visitors to mask up in city buildings. Meanwhile, Ohio’s daily COVID cases are surging back to levels we haven’t seen since February. -
Columbus is planning renovations at city pools, with the first round of upgrades planned in the Hilltop and South Linden. -
Columbus City leaders say the latest U.N. climate report bolsters the case for local efforts to reduce carbon emissions. -
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday convenes the state redistricting commission, a seven- member board, charged with drafting new maps for state lawmakers’ districts. They’ve got a lot on their plate and not a lot of time to handle it all. -
Columbus and Franklin County public health officials are asking residents to wear a mask indoors regardless of their vaccination status as cases of COVID-19 surge in Central Ohio due to the delta variant. -
The CDC has issued a new eviction moratorium, this time tied to a county’s rate of community transmission. -
Ohio State will require masks to be worn indoors regardless of vaccination status effective immediately. -
Amid cranes and heavy trucks, new buildings are sprouting up along the west side of Ohio State’s campus. It’s part of new innovation district meant to spur jobs in the STEM field. -
Columbus City Council has signed off on the a new three-year contract for police. After more than a year of wrestling with reform, the agreement will largely define what’s possible going forward. -
The Ohio State Fair is back, but because of concerns about COVID-19, the spectators aren’t. Meanwhile at the county level, fairs are going forward, and they’re packed. That presents a tricky balancing act as the delta variant spreads faster than Ohio’s flagging pace of vaccinations.
