About 

Evan Simon is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker based in New York's Hudson Valley. He is a Peabody Award nominee, a duPont-Columbia Award winner, a two-time National Emmy Award winner, a National Edward R. Murrow Award winner, and an Overseas Press Club Award winner. His multimedia work has appeared in ABC News, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Inside Climate News, Floodlight, PBS Thirteen, WNYC, and Audubon Magazine, among others.

Pictured on assignment in Antarctica.

Credit: Madeline Cottingham Simon

Awards:

NOMINEE - 2025 - Peabody Awards - "Zombie Wells: The Threat Beneath"

NOMINEE - 2025 - National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Business Coverage - "Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Exports"

WINNER - 2025 - National Headliner Awards, Business and Consumer Coverage - "Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Exports"

WINNER - 2025 - NY Press Club Awards, Consumer Reporting - "Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Exports"

WINNER - 2024 - DuPont Columbia Award - "Trashed: The Secret Life of Plastic Recycling"

WINNER - 2023 - Deadline Club, National Television Series or Investigative Reporting  - "Caffeine Jungle"

WINNER - 2022 - Overseas Press Club, Morton Frank Award for Best International Business Reporting - "Caffeine Jungle"

WINNER - 2021 - National Edward R. Murrow Award, Excellence in Video - "Guardians of the Amazon"

WINNER - 2020 - Society of Environmental Journalists Awards, 2nd Place for Outstanding Feature Report - "Guardians of the Amazon"

NOMINEE - 2019 - National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Environmental Report - "Journey to the Edge: Antarctica"

NOMINEE -  2017 National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Feature Story in Spanish - "Hora Cero"

WINNER - 2016 National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Feature Story in a Newscast - "Steps into a High Calm"

NOMINEE - 2016 National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Video Journalism - "Steps into a High Calm"

NOMINEE - 2016 National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Editing News - "Steps into a High Calm"

HONOREE - 2016 Webby for News & Politics Best Individual Episode - "Steps into a High Calm"

NOMINEE - 2016 Webby for Best Editing People’s Choice Award - "Steps into a High Calm"

WINNER - 2015 National News and Documentary Emmy for Outstanding Video Journalism: "Dead Horse Bay"

WINNER - 2013 Best of Design Award of Excellence, Society of News Design - "Borderlands"

SHORTLISTED - 2013 Innovation Award, European Press Prize -  "Borderlands"

WINNER - 2012 Edward Willis Scripps Award for Distinguished Service to the 1st Amendment