Bio

Kalisha Whitman is who you want at the helm. She is an Emmy® award-winning journalist who understands how to captivate audiences through media. She coaches individuals at the University of Florida to create and produce engaging non-perishable content through her motivating, futuristic and deliberate methods.

Her knowledge as an innovator, educator and journalist enables her to connect with diversified audiences and universal influencers. She has covered a range of stories from the United States 2008 historical presidential election; to one of America’s deadliest storm systems that ripped through the southern region of the United States in 2011; as well as the 50th commemoration of the Civil Rights Movement, in Birmingham. Her news reports afforded her the opportunity to be a vital member of an Emmy®, Edward R. Murrow and Alabama Broadcasters Association award-winning team.

She received several Associated Press awards — while working as a one-person band. She has been nominated for two additional Emmy® awards. Her stories have been featured on NBC Universal, FOX, CBS, ABC and CNN affiliated platforms.

Kalisha completed her undergraduate studies at Florida A&M University. She completed her graduate studies at Columbia University.

 

Education

M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University
B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from Florida A&M University School of Journalism and Graphic Communication

News

• UFCJC Alumna and Staff Honored in NABJ 2022 Salute to Excellence Awards Competition (August 25, 2022)
• Kalisha Whitman To Serve as an Instructor for the Dow Jones News Fund HBCU Digital Media Institute (May 12, 2021)
• CJC Faculty, Staff and Student Receive UF Research Team Awards for 2020 Racial Justice Research Fund Grant (December 21, 2020)
• Kalisha Whitman Nominated for Mobile Journalism Award (August 20, 2020)
• Kalisha Whitman Named CJC Innovation News Center Senior TV News Manager (December 2, 2019)
• All News About Kalisha Whitman

Courses

Syllabi from the current and three previous semesters:

• JOU  4201 - News Center Practicum - Fall 2022 (PDF)
• JOU  4201 - Newspaper Editing - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• RTV  4201 - The Lede - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• RTV  4681 - Advanced Television Reporting - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• JOU  4201 - Newspaper Editing - Fall 2021 (PDF)
• RTV  4301 - Writing and Reporting for Electronic News 2 - Fall 2021 (PDF)