The Chronicle

About this Author

Before joining the editorial team, Spencer worked as the Multimedia Editor at the Oakland Post newspaper where he was responsible for organizing and producing web based content on a daily basis while also reporting on local politics, community news and education around the Bay Area.

Spencer graduated from Howard University in 2011 with honors and a degree in Print Journalism where he wrote for the Hilltop newspaper and worked as an on-air personality for the college radio station WHBC830AM. He then attended UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and had the opportunity to write for the hyperlocal news sites Richmond Confidential and Oakland North.

Before earning a Masters degree in journalism, he volunteered at San Quentin Prison weekly to help produce content for the monthly news publication San Quentin News. This included working inmates and giving them one-on-one feedback on how to improve their stories as well as collaborating with other reporters to research recidivism rates in San Quentin State Prison.

Spencer worked as the Ambassador for the Visiting Scholars program and was a speaker at the commencement ceremony for UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.