Spencer Whitney

Spencer Whitney

KQED Digital Editor

Spencer Whitney is currently a Digital Editor for KQED News. Prior to joining KQED News, Spencer worked as the Multimedia Editor at the Oakland Post and an Assistant Editor in the Editorial department at the San Francisco Chronicle. He attended Howard University as an undergraduate and interned with SiriusXM. He also attended UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and had the opportunity to write for the hyperlocal news sites Richmond Confidential and Oakland North.

By Spencer Whitney

Could San Francisco Turn to Drones to Solve Its Illegal Dumping Problem?

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B. DeVeaux: 'Safe Place (Dear B.)'

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Drought: ‘An Invitation’

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Lawmakers Praise John Burton for Shaping Generations of California Leaders

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Discos Resaca Collective & Mariposas Del Alma: 'Cumbiafornia'

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Held: ‘Shoreline’

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Combo Tezeta: 'Ritmo Interestelar'

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Angrybaby: 'Back to Life'

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Cindy: 'All Weekend'

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