Julia McEvoy
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Julia McEvoy’s Biography
Julia McEvoy is the senior editor, features and enterprise for KQED News. Julia got into reporting covering Chicago's Latino communities for a Spanish-language TV news station, then began freelancing Latino-centric stories for public radio. That lead to radio documentary work, then to editing, and eventually executive producing Chicago Matters, an award-winning public affairs series. Julia founded WBEZ's Ear to the Ground mentorship program, bringing community contributors stories to air and on-line. Julia's editorial work has received a Peabody Award, a Casey Medal for Coverage of Children and Families, several Edward R. Murrow awards, as well as awards from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. and the Society for Professional Journalists