Evan F. Moore is an adjunct faculty member in the Journalism program in the College of Communication. He joined the faculty in 2016. Evan is a press secretary with Chicago Public Schools. Before that, he was the culture/entertainment reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the co-author of the book, “Game Misconduct: Hockey's Toxic Culture and How to Fix It." His work, which consists of the topics at the intersection of sports, media literacy, race, politics, violence and culture, is featured in Rolling Stone, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader, The Athletic, Global Sport Matters, DNAinfo, ESPN's The Undefeated (now Andscape) and Bleacher Report. His work was featured in the 2019 edition of The Best American Sports Writing book series. Evan is a two-time Lisagor Award winner (2018 and 2021). He has also won awards with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and the Society of Feature Journalism. Evan is the vice president of print for NABJ's Chicago chapter.
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Degrees
- Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, MS, Journalism, 2014
- University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, MS, Administration of Justice and Security, 2012
- Hampton University, Hampton, VA, BA, History, 2002
Professional Organizations
- National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
- Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
- Ida B. Wells Society
- Chicago Headline Club (Former Board Member)
- Society of Features Journalism (SFJ)
- NABJ-Chicago (Chapter VP)
Media
Recognition
- Winner, Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Online Music Coverage
- Winner, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Salute to Excellence in Newspaper Sportswriting
- Winner, Society of Features Journalism's Excellence-In-Features Award for Narrative Storytelling
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Winner for the Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Best Individual Blog Post
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Winner, Delta Sigma Chapter of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Romania Torch Award in the category of Journalism for repeated acts of civic and social responsibility at their Rhomania Torch Awards
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Finalist, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Salute to Excellence in Newspapers (Single Story)
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Finalist, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Salute to Excellence in Newspaper (Weblog/Commentary)
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Finalist, Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Online Music Coverage
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Finalist, Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Independent Blog Post
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Finalist,Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Best Sports Story
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Finalist, Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Award for Best Non-Deadline Reporting in Newspaper or Magazine