Robert Evans (journalist)

Robert Evans is a journalist who has reported on global conflicts and online extremism. A former editor at the humor website Cracked.com, Evans now writes for the investigative journalism outlet Bellingcat while working on several podcasts, including Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here.

Robert Evans
NationalityUnited States
OccupationJournalist

Career

Evans has reported on conflicts in Iraq, Ukraine and Rojava, as well as on far-right extremists in the United States. Evans is the host of the podcasts "Behind the Bastards" and "Worst Year Ever"[1], and has completed the podcast series "It Could Happen Here," a show released in 2019 about the possibility of a second Civil War in the United States.[2] Evans published a new podcast series titled "The Women's War" in March and April 2020 about the feminist, anti-authoritarian region in Syria known as Rojava.[2][3]

Evans previously worked at the humour website Cracked.com as an editorial manager. In that position, Evans led a team that published "personal experience" articles. These articles fell into two main categories: journalistic pieces involving a variety of sources and personal narratives.[4]

References
  1. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-worst-year-ever-49377032/
  2. DeVega, Chauncey (3 April 2020). "Investigative reporter Robert Evans: "We're on the edge of an authoritarian nightmare"". Salon. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "Meet the Syrian Women Fighting For a Better, Fairer Future In iHeartRadio's New Original Podcast, "The Women's War"". iHeartRadio Blog. 25 April 2020.
  4. Tushnet, Eve (31 July 2014). "From Boob Jokes to Ukraine: A Talk With Robert Evans of Cracked.Com". The American Spectator. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.