About Evan

Evan Leong is the Communications & Marketing Director at Clean Ocean Action, a leading national and regional nonprofit working to protect waterways using science, law, research, education, and grassroots citizen action. He holds a Master’s degree in Communication & Media from Rutgers University, where he directed, filmed, and edited videos communicating oyster, amaranth, and basil research to the public.

Evan specializes in digital storytelling through photo, video and audio production, and his photos and videos have won state and national awards. His work has appeared in local and national publications — including TIME Magazine.

Evan brings innovative communication strategy, in addition to camera operation, photo and video editing (Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro), audio production (REAPER, Audition), and graphic design (Canva, Photoshop). Evan also has foundational web design knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Squarespace and WordPress.

For professional inquiries, please email him at evanleong5@gmail.com.

Awards & Resume

  • Photo Contest Selection (TIME Magazine)

  • Best Online Video Coverage, 1st Place (NJ Press Association)

  • Best Photo Coverage, 2nd Place (NJ Press Association)

  • Best Station Video, 1st Place (Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards)

  • Best Station Blog, 1st Place (Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards)

  • MCM Outstanding Student Award ‘25 (Rutgers SC&I)

More about Evan

Evan is a Bay Area, California native, and a proud 2x alumnus of the Rutgers School of Communication & Information. You can read more about his academic career on the SC&I website.

Evan currently lives in New Jersey. In his free time, he watches basketball and football, reads sci-fi novels, plays guitar, listens to rock and metal, lounges with his dog Charlie and plays video games with his girlfriend, Priscilla.