Kalisha Whitman

Herbert Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior lecturer, is the author of “Four Girls, 60 Years, 11 Students, 2,800 Miles and a New Awareness of History” published on neimanstoryboard.org on Sept. 15. During Spring Break 2023, Lowe and three other faculty advisers led a…

Herbert Lowe, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism senior lecturer, is the author of “Florida Students Spend Spring Break Reporting from Hallowed Ground of Civil Rights History” published on poynter.com on June 12. In honor of the 60th anniversary of a pivotal year in the Civil…

By Lenore Devore, B.S. Journalism, 1984 Kalisha Whitman, senior TV news manager in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center (INC), grew up in the predominantly white city of Hamilton, Alabama, a town of about 6,000 people that had four stoplights when she was born…

Pamela Comme, B.S. Telecommunication 2021, is the recipient of a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2022 Salute to Excellence Award for “Black Thursday 50th Anniversary” in the Television – Undergraduate category, and WUFT Senior TV News Manager Kalisha Whitman’s “The Lede” Season III Episode IV: Black History Month –…

Kalisha Whitman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center senior TV news manager, will be one of seven instructors for the virtual Dow Jones News Fund HBCU Digital Media Institute from May 26-28. The Institute consists of three days of training in digital media to increase…

Bernell Tripp, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism associate professor, and doctoral student Yewande O. Addie are part of a team that has received a UF Research 2020: Advancing Racial Justice Through Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access at the University of Florida grant. The research proposal, “The…

Kalisha Whitman, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center senior TV news manager, is one of eight journalists from around the world to be nominated in the Mobile Journalism Awards Best Mobile Journalism Reporting category. Whitman was selected for her entry “Nancy & the EF3.” The…

Kalisha Whitman will join the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Innovation News Center as the Senior TV News Manager on Jan. 3. Whitman will train students on how to report and produce engaging original content that connects with diverse audiences for TV and digital platforms. Her specialty…