Cameren Boatner is a senior editor at BestColleges covering higher education topics that impact college students’ lives. She joined BestColleges in 2021, editing resources on everything from student finance to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As part of BestColleges, she focuses on the current events impacting college students the most.
Higher education stories that Cameren has edited have been distributed by publications across the country and cited by Politico, Forbes, The Guardian, CNN, and more.
She’s a Society of Professional Journalists award winner for her coverage of race, minorities, and Title IX. You can find her work in OutSFL (formerly South Florida Gay News), MSN Money, Debt.com, the Student Press Law Center, and other publications.
Cameren holds a BA in multimedia journalism from Florida Atlantic University.
- Education: BA Multimedia Journalism; Certificate Digital Marketing, Florida Atlantic University
- Expertise: DEI, Campus free speech, Financial aid, Title IX, LGBTQ+ students
- Awards Licenses Certifications: Sunshine State Awards Best Coverage of Race and Minorities, Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Award, Green Eyeshade Award
- Other Publications: SCOTUS agrees to hear B.L v. Mahanoy Area School District, calling student’s off-campus First Amendment rights into question (Student Press Law Center), Law enforcement tear gasses, throws flash-bangs at high school journalist covering Portland BLM protests (Student Press Law Center), Opinion: Marsy’s Law needs to be amended to keep the public better informed on crime (Student Press Law Center), Weekly Columns: Exploring LGBT News Events Across the Globe, and LGBTQIA Bites (OutSFL), Student Loan Debt: a National Crisis With no Sign of Slowing Down (Debt.com), Americans Are $13 Trillion In Debt: 10 Mind-Blowing Statistics Showing How Crazy That Is (Debt.com), 60+ Creative and Simple Ways to Save Money (Debt.com)