Evan Semones is an anchor producer on “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta,” working directly with CNN Chief Domestic Correspondent Jim Acosta.

Evan began his career with CNN in Atlanta during the pivotal 2016 election. He served as a producing intern on Wolf Blitzer’s show “Wolf” before joining CNN’s digital video team, where he created, produced and programmed original content for all of the organization’s digital platforms, including CNN.com, CNNgo and the CNN mobile app.

Ahead of the 2020 election, Evan joined POLITICO in 2019 as a breaking news producer. In this role, he contributed to the outlet’s coverage of the 2020 primaries, impeachment trials of former President Donald Trump, coronavirus pandemic, George Floyd protests, 2020 general election and January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, with reporting, photographs and video.

Evan returned to CNN in 2021 to serve as a producer at the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau. Since then, he has written and produced for an array of CNN talent, including Victor Blackwell, Wolf Blitzer, Pamela Brown, Erin Burnett, John King, Alex Marquardt, Phil Mattingly, Paula Reid, Boris Sanchez, Jim Sciutto, Michael Smerconish and Amara Walker, on political and breaking news stories.

A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Evan holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in broadcast journalism and is a diehard Tar Heels basketball fan and self-professed politics junkie. He lives in Washington, D.C.