Evan Williams Email & Phone Number

As an artist, writer and photographer I am compelled by my interest in the humanities and the role of personal expression in society. I am now an associate editor at Florida Trend magazine based in St. Petersburg, Fla. with 14 years of experience as an award-winning journalist covering South Florida and other parts of the state. Between 2021 and 2024, I also worked as a freelance journalist, fine art and commercial photographer based in Los Angeles. 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 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 an intensive professional certificate program at the non-profit Los Angeles Center of Photography. My education also includes a bachelor's in English from Florida Gulf Coast University.

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  Florida Gulf Coast University

  Bachelor Of Arts - English