Joyce Evans is an African American news anchor and reporter. She currently anchors WTXF's Fox 29 News at 6 and 10 P.M on weekends. She joined the station in 1996 as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter.

Evans began her journalism career at WSET

WSET-TV

WSET-TV is the ABC television network affiliate for the Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia market. The station is licensed to Lynchburg, and transmits its digital signal on VHF channel 13. WSET is owned by the Allbritton Communications Company. Its transmitter is located near Thaxton, Virginia...

 in Lynchburg, Virginia and later was a weekend anchor and public affairs program host in Miami, Florida at WCIX. She moved to Philadelphia and for ten years worked at KYW-TV

KYW-TV

KYW-TV, virtual channel 3, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. KYW-TV shares a studio facility with its sister station, CW flagship WPSG just north of Center City Philadelphia...

 as a reporter, fill-in anchor and host of The Saturday Tribune.

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Evans is a graduate of Florida A&M University

Florida A&M University

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida...

and is a Distinguished Alumna. She is a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the National Association of Black Journalists. She is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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