Angeline Taylor
Instructor and Director of the Neighborhood News Bureau, University of South Florida
Center for Community News
BIO
2025 CCN Champion
Angeline Taylor is a seasoned journalist, executive editor and educator with nearly three decades of experience. She currently serves as instructor and director of the Neighborhood News Bureau (NNB) at the University of South Florida (USF) in St. Petersburg. In addition to her leadership at USF, she is pursuing a doctorate at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Her career includes journalism and executive leadership, where she played roles in newsroom innovation, editorial strategy, and newsroom management. She is a Maynard Institute Fellow, having completed both the Multimedia Program and Management Training Center and a Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center Fellow through the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). She is also an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists, where she has served as an adviser at ASU.
Beyond her work at USF, she has made a lasting impact in journalism education. She has taught at Florida A&M University (FAMU), ASU and USF. At FAMU, she played a critical role in revitalizing The FAMUAN -- the university’s student newspaper -- bringing it back into publication after a five-year hiatus.
Bio
2025 CCN Champion
Angeline Taylor is a seasoned journalist, executive editor and educator with nearly three decades of experience. She currently serves as instructor and director of the Neighborhood News Bureau (NNB) at the University of South Florida (USF) in St. Petersburg. In addition to her leadership at USF, she is pursuing a doctorate at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Her career includes journalism and executive leadership, where she played roles in newsroom innovation, editorial strategy, and newsroom management. She is a Maynard Institute Fellow, having completed both the Multimedia Program and Management Training Center and a Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center Fellow through the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). She is also an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists, where she has served as an adviser at ASU.
Beyond her work at USF, she has made a lasting impact in journalism education. She has taught at Florida A&M University (FAMU), ASU and USF. At FAMU, she played a critical role in revitalizing The FAMUAN -- the university’s student newspaper -- bringing it back into publication after a five-year hiatus.