Valerie Whitney, Bethune-Cookman University
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
Valerie Whitney is the professor of practice at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Whitney worked as a newspaper reporter for more than two decades, first at the Lakeland Ledger and then at the Daytona Beach News Journal before moving to the classroom in 2012. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in College Park and a history degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
Besides her current role as an instructor, she also is adviser to both the student newspaper and feature magazine.
She is a member of several journalsim organizations including the National Association of Black Journalists, the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists, the Ida B. Wells Society and past members of College Media Advisors.
Bio
Valerie Whitney is the professor of practice at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach. Whitney worked as a newspaper reporter for more than two decades, first at the Lakeland Ledger and then at the Daytona Beach News Journal before moving to the classroom in 2012. She holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in College Park and a history degree from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.
Besides her current role as an instructor, she also is adviser to both the student newspaper and feature magazine.
She is a member of several journalsim organizations including the National Association of Black Journalists, the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists, the Ida B. Wells Society and past members of College Media Advisors.