March 14-15, 2024 • Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center ANNUAL MEETING & AWARDS
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2023-2024Officers President
Richard Whiting Index-Journal Greenwood
Vice President, Weeklies
Nathaniel Abraham Jr.
Carolina Panorama Columbia
Vice President, Dailies
Hal Welch TheJournal , Seneca Treasurer Barbara Ball
The Voice of Blythewood and Fairfield County
Immediate Past President
Charles Swenson
CoastalObserver Pawleys Island
Executive Committee
Jane Alford
The Lancaster News
Kyle Osteen
The Sumter Item
Autumn Phillips
The Post and Courier Charleston
Stephen Robertson
My Horry News , Conway
Jonathan Vickery
The People-Sentinel Barnwell
Co-Executive Directors
Jen Madden
Randall L. Savely
Welcome back to our state’s capital.
No, Charleston. You had your time as the capital. This is Columbia, the heartbeat of the Palmetto State and the most equidistant place for us to gather annually for our state’s Press Association meeting.
Having emerged from the COVID-era Zoom meetings, our members have been able to enjoy honest-to-goodness face time with each other here in Columbia the past couple of years. Changes in our industry and escalating costs have wrought change in how we conduct our meetings, too. These changes are positive ones. While other press associations in the nation have had to forego annual gatherings, Jen Madden and Randall Savely have worked hard to ensure we can yet gather as a body, celebrate each other’s accomplishments, pose for gripand-grin photos and simply enjoy the camaraderie and the opportunities for sharing war stories.
Much is now packed into what has essentially become a one-day event with some meetings and workshops that are rounded out with a single mid-day banquet that brings weekly and daily members into one room. To me, this new arrangement is logical and welcome. We are all in this profession together, aspiring to tell the stories of the communities we serve. Committing good journalism is our common bond, so there is no need to celebrate separately.
Yes, our industry has changed and continues to change. We strive to do more with less, as it were, and while we often find ourselves wearing even more hats than before, wehave this opportunity to break —even if briefly now —from the day-to-day grind and come together as one, celebrating our accomplishments. Here, today, we are validated by our peers in another state. And doesn’t that feel good and worthy of celebration, especially at a time when many of us are working harder and facing the outcry that we are “fake news” and “the enemy of the people?”
We might make errors and need to write corrections, but we are hardly fake news. We reflect the communities we serve and we are the very best tellers of ourcommunities’ news. Moreover, in our watchdog journalistic efforts, we are the friends, not the enemy,of the people as we seek to keep them well-informedwith fairness and equity.
It’s OK to be proud of your work, especially today. Enjoy the celebration and commit to continuing to do the good and necessary work you do.
Remember this. Good journalism is not a job. Good journalism is a calling.You have been called.
Sincerely,
Richard Whiting
Executive Editor, Index-Journal SCPA President
March 3, 2024
SCHEDULE |
3 – 5 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting SCPA Offices
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Opening Reception
Bierkeller | 600 Canalside St., Suite 1009, Columbia, SC 29201
Join us at Columbia's riverfront brewery and biergarten for a casual reception featuring great German beer (wine and other drinks, too), authentic German snacks and lots of fun! Come mingle with SCPA's staff, Executive Committee, members and Annual Meeting sponsors! Make sure to invite your newsroom friends for a night of Gemütlichkeit on the banks of the Congaree River! Bierkeller is family and pet friendly if you'd like to bring them along, too!
Dinner on your own
You may wish to stick around Bierkeller for a traditional German dinner, but check out the following page for other restaurant and bar recommendations in the Vista!
MEETING INFO
VISIT THE REGISTRATION DESK:
• Pick up a program, your nametag and other goodies!
• Find out where to go... Most sessions are in Lexington A and the Awards Celebration Luncheon is in Richland.
• Ask questions about SCPA services like press IDs, SLED checks, how to sign up for the weekly eBulletin newsletter and more!
IN THE PREFUNCTION AREA:
• Meet our awesome sponsors by visiting their tables!
• Browse the winners exhibit. Can't find your wins? All winners are displayed. Ask an SCPA staff member to help!
• Take photos with your awards. Make sure to tag us!
BEVERAGES:
The coffee and water station is in Lexington A, the location of our training sessions and business meeting.
WI-FI:
• Connect to CMCC Guest
• Wait for a pop-up login page (If splash page does not appear, type gateway01.cmcchotspot.com in your web browser.)
• Select General Plan - Free and Continue
• You will then be connected!
THURSDAY, MARCH 14
SCHEDULE |
MARCH 15
Friday's events will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, located at 1101 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC 29201.
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Registration, Sponsor Tables and News Contest Winners Exhibits Open
Lexington-Richland Prefunction
8:30
– 10:30 a.m. Independent/Family-Owned Newspaper Breakfast Roundtable
Lexington B
This ticketed event is the time for key leaders and owners of the Palmetto State’s family-owned and independent newspapers to come together to connect, share and learn from each other, as well as discuss the unique business issues that family-run newspapers face. The programming and robust discussions will re-energize you and help you plan for your newspaper’s future.
10:45 – 11 a.m.
SCPA Business Meeting & Election of Officers
Lexington A
Join SCPA for a brief update on legal/FOI, membership and financial matters. In addition to electing officers, SCPA members will vote on amending the Constitution to allow online publication members.
11 – 11:45 a.m. Punching Above Your Weight
How to do knockout accountability work in smaller newsrooms
Lexington A
SC Investigates is a new nonprofit providing free tools to journalists who are producing accountability and investigative work in today's challenging media landscape. Panelists include:
• Barbara Ball, publisher of The Voice of Blythewood and Fairfield County, who exposed money laundering and public corruption in her Midlands town even as the mayor targeted her.
• Matt Hensley, editor of The Post and Courier Spartanburg, formerly of Aiken Standard and Greenwood’s Index-Journal, who revealed questionable spending by Lander University’s nonprofit and teamed up with The Post and Courier to show how officials at a governor’s school flouted state purchasing and ethics rules.
• Travis Jenkins, editor of The News and Reporter in Chester, who uncovered a county supervisor trafficking meth and a sheriff stealing from his deputies.
• Moderated by Gina Smith, founder of SC Investigates and projects editor at The State, The Island Packet, The Beaufort Gazette and The Sun News
Noon – 2:30 p.m. Awards Celebration Banquet S.C. Journalism Hall of Fame Induction
Richland Ballroom
This ticketed luncheon event will showcase the Palmetto State's commitment to outstanding journalism by honoring the 2023 winners of the Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Associate/Individual Member Contests! We will induct our 2024 Hall of Fame recipient, Judith Mundy Burns of the Index-Journal.
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Counselors Off the Cuff
Lexington A
Following the Awards Banquet, you don't want to miss our annual legal update. Join our panel of media law experts who will offer a no-holds-barred discussion on the legal, First Amendment and open government issues you're facing. Featuring Attorneys Taylor Smith, Jay Bender and Carl Muller.
Following the session, please join us for a martini (or drink of choice) next door at Liberty Taproom to celebrate Jay Bender, who has served as SCPA's attorney for 40 years! Your first drink is on us!
FRIDAY,
Smith
Ball
Hensley
Jenkins
Bender
Muller
Smith
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In memory of those we’ve lost over the past year:
Peter Cooper | Dec. 6, 2022 | Former General Assignment Reporter, Herald-Journal
Murray Glenn | Jan. 13, 2023 | Former Reporter, Herald-Journal
Kathleen Maria Vereen Dayton | April 12, 2023 | Former Reporter, The Sun News
William Davis “Bill” McDonald | April 23, 2023 | Retired Reporter and Columnist, The State
Brett Borton | May 30, 2023 | Former Sports Editor, The Island Packet
Marion "Mac" J. Livingston | June 6, 2023 | Retired Pressman, The Newberry Observer
James Edward Bobo Sr. | June 30, 2023 | Publisher, The Community Informer News
Charles "Charlie" deV. Williams | July 11, 2023 | Retired Business Editor, City Editor, Metropolitan Editor, State News Editor, Sports Reporter, The News & Courier; Retired Business Reporter, The Post and Courier
Julia C. Aldridge | July 20, 2023 | Former Writer, The Link
Warren D. Wheat | July 23, 2023 | Former Governance and National Editor, The State
William Pressley Steele Jr. | Aug. 31, 2023 | Former Reporter, Aiken Standard; Former Reporter, The Herald; Former Reporter, The State
Jane Clute | Sept. 14, 2023 | Former News Reporter, Features Writer, Columnist and Lifestyles Editor, The Evening Herald
Eric Boynton | Oct. 6, 2023 | Former Sports Writer, Herald-Journal
Larry D. Smith | Oct. 21, 2023 | Owner, Publisher and Editor, The Community Times, The Times Upstate and The Coastal Chronicles
Warner Miller Montgomery, Ph.D. | Nov. 24, 2023 | Co-owner and Past President of The Columbia Star
William "Bill" "The Coach" King Mitchell | Nov. 28, 2023 | Retired Sports Writer, The State; Former Freelance Writer, High School Sports Report and The Associated Press
Will Lester | Feb. 7, 2024 | Reporter and Editor, The Associated Press; Sports Editor, The Lancaster News; Reporter and News Editor, The Columbia Record and The State
Lou Krasky | Feb. 8, 2024 | SC-based Photographer, The Associated Press
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HALL OF FAME
The S.C. Journalism Hall of Fame was established in 1973 to recognize and honor men and women who have excelled in their craft and made significant contributions to journalism and their communities. Eighty newspaper journalists – from the 1700s to the present – have been chosen by their peers for this recognition. The S.C. Hall of Fame began in 1972 when SCPA President William L. Kinney Jr., of Bennettsville, acting on a suggestion from Secretary-Manager Reid H. Montgomery, set in motion activities that led to the establishment of a S.C. Press Association Hall of Fame.
1973: Elizabeth Timothy (-1757)
South Carolina Gazette
1973: Francis W. Dawson (1840-1899)
The Charleston Mercury; The Charleston News; The News and Courier, Charleston
1974: Narciso G. Gonzales (1858-1903)
The State; The News and Courier; Charleston Journal of Commerce
1974: Bony Hampton Peace (1874-1934) Carolina Spartan, Spartanburg; The Greenville News; Greenville Piedmont
1974: Peter Timothy (1721-1782)
South Carolina Gazette
1974: Aaron Smith Willington (1781-1862) The Charleston Courier
1975: William Watts Ball (1868-1952)
The Evening Post; The Greenville News; Laurens Advertiser; The News and Courier; The State
1975: Arthur B. Jordan Sr. (1876-1956)
The Dillon Herald
1975: James Rion McKissick (1884-1944)Times-Democrat, Richmond, Va.; The Greenville News; Greenville Piedmont
1976: Hubert Graham Osteen (1870-1955) Watchman and Southron, Sumter; Sumter Daily Item
1976: Edward Hope DeCamp (1865-1952) The Gaffney Ledger; The State, Columbia
1977: Arthur M. Manigault (1851-1924)
The Evening Post, Charleston
1978: Harold C. Booker Sr. (1888-1960) Spartanburg Herald-Journal; Greenville Piedmont; The Sumter Daily Item; The Columbia Record
1978: Charles Oscar Hearon (1876-1959)
The Spartanburg Herald; Herald, Bristol, Va.; Times, Richmond, Va.
1979: Robert Lathan (1881-1937)
The News and Courier, Charleston; The State, Columbia; Asheville (NC) Citizen; 1924 Pulitzer Prize Winner
1980: Tom O’Connor (1902-1969)
Hampton County Guardian; Allendale County Citizen
1980: Louis W. Cassels (1921-1974)
United Press International
1981: Robert Craft Peace (1899-1968)
The Greenville News
1981: George A. Buchanan (1898-1976)
The Columbia Record; Dean of Journalism, USC
1982: Robert M. Hitt, Jr. (1914-1968)
Bamberg Herald; Charleston Evening Post
1982: W.W. Smoak (1877-1947)
Press & Standard, Walterboro
1983: Wood Davidson Grist (1865-1925)
Yorkville Enquirer; Atlanta Constitution
1983: Hall Thomas McGee (1889-1963)
Charleston Evening Post; The News and Courier, Charleston
1983: Edmund A. Ramsaur (1925-1976)
The Greenville News; Greenville Piedmont
1983: James Loyal Sims (1914-1962)
The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg
1984: James Edward Chaffin (1913-1977)
The Index-Journal, Greenwood
1984: Ambrose E. Gonzales (1857-1926)
The State, Columbia; The News and Courier, Charleston
1984: William E. Gonzales (1866-1937)
The State, Columbia
1985: William R. Bradford Sr. (1874-1957) The Fort Mill Times; The State, Columbia
1985: Elbert Herman Aull (1857-1929)
The Newberry Herald and News
1985: Ernest Allen Cutts (1912-1980)
Charleston Evening Post
1986: Noah Graham Osteen (1843-1936)
The Item, Sumter
1986: Phil Buchheit (1907-1978)
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
1986: R. Frank Mundy (1915-1982)
The Index-Journal, Greenwood
1986: Samuel L. Latimer Jr. (1891-1975) The State, Columbia
1986: Harry L. Watson (1876-1956)
The Index-Journal, Greenwood
1987: Robert Melvin Hitt (1886-1963)
Bamberg Herald
1987: John Kelly Sisk (1913-1980)
Greenville News-Piedmont
1987: Wilson William Harris (1889-1955) The Clinton Chronicle
1987: William Light Kinney (1902-1983) Marlboro Herald-Advocate, Bennettsville
1988: Talbot Patrick (1897-1980)
Chicago Evening Post; The Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus; The Herald, Rock Hill
1988: Frank Wilmore Sossamon (1887-1979) The Gaffney Ledger
1989: Paul S. League (1920-1978)
The Lancaster News
1989: Edward Manigault (1896-1983)
Charleston Evening Post
1990: Edd A. Burch (1907-1985) Greer Citizen
1993: Hubert Duvall Osteen (1904-1987) The Item, Sumter
1993: Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1855-1909) The Ninety-Six Guardian; Hampton County Guardian
1995: Thomas Pettigrew Davis (1926-1990) Georgetown Times
1995: James A. Rogers (1905-1990)
Florence Morning News
1996: William D. Workman (1914-1990) The News and Courier, Charleston; The Greenville News; The State, Columbia
1998: Joseph F. Smoak (1936-1993)
The News and Courier, Charleston; Charleston Evening Post
1998: Marcellus C. Garner (1920-1992)
The Sun News, Myrtle Beach; The Myrtle Beach News; The Myrtle Beach Sun; The Field, Conway; The Horry Herald; The Loris Sentinel
1999: Reid H. Montgomery (1909-1993)
The State, Columbia; The Item, Sumter; Winthrop College; University of South Carolina; South Carolina Press Association
2002: August Kohn (1868-1930)
The News and Courier, Charleston
2002: Annie Laurie Mayer Kinney (1902–1999) Marlboro Herald-Advocate
2003: Annie Howell King (1893-1973) Aiken Standard
2005: William E. Rone (1926-1998) The State, Columbia
2005: Alfred B. Williams (1856-1930) News and Courier, Charleston
2007: Dr. Robert Wilson Gibbes (1809-1866) The South Carolinian
2008: Felix Gregory de Fontaine (1834-1896) Charleston Daily Courier, The South Carolinian; Daily South Carolinian; New York Herald
2009: Robert Quillen (1887-1948) Fountain Inn Tribune
2010: Henry Timrod (1829-1867) Charleston Mercury
2011: William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870) Charleston City Gazette, Daily South Carolinian, The Phoenix
2011: Charles H. Wickenberg Jr. (1923-2004) The State
2012: Peter Manigault (1927-2004) The News and Courier, Charleston
2012: Benjamin F. Perry (1805-1886) Greenville Mountaineer; Southern Patriot, Greenville
2012: Robert Ashe Pierce (1928-2007) The State, Columbia
2013: Col. Thomas Bissell Crews (1832-1911) The Laurensville Herald, Laurens
2014: John Miller (1744-1807)
The South Carolina Gazette and Daily Advertiser
2015: Samuel A. Cothran (1915-2010) Aiken Standard and Review
2015: Wilton E. Hall (1901-1980) Anderson Independent
2016: Henry F. Cauthen Sr. (1901-1977) The State, The Columbia Record, The News & Courier
2018: Lewis Timothy (1699-1738)
The South Carolina Gazette
2019: John C. Shurr (1947-2015) S.C. Associated Press Bureau Chief
2020: Ken Burger (1949-2015)
The Post and Courier
2021: Dean B. Livingston (1933-2014) The Times and Democrat
2021: John Henry McCray (19101987) Lighthouse and Informer
2023: Scott Beale Hunter (1949-2018) Aiken Standard
2023: Louis C. Sossamon (1921-2019) The Gaffney Ledger
2024: Judith Mundy Burns (19472019) Index-Journal
If you have a Hall of Fame nominee, contact SCPA for eligibility and citation requirements. Deadline to submit a 2025 Hall of Fame nomination: Dec. 6, 2024
South Carolina Press Association
Hall of Fame
Judith Mundy Burns
1947-2019
President and Publisher, Index-Journal
A steel magnolia full of grace
Judith Mundy Burns was raised in a newspaper world.
Her father, R. Frank Mundy, became the sole owner and publisher of The Index-Journal Co. following the deaths of his two business partners and led the paper from 1977 until his death in 1982. Mundy was succeeded as publisher by his widow, Eleanor Metts Mundy, and Judi was named president. When her mother died in 1998, Judi took the reins as publisher and president until her death in 2019.
Judi steered the Index-Journal through some significant changes as one of only a small handful of women publishers serving South Carolina newspapers.
She led the newspaper when it brought back the Saturday edition after a nearly two-decade hiatus and was at the helm when the publication changed from an afternoon to a morning newspaper. She invested in the newspaper when and where needed. When the 30-year-old Harris press her father had installed needed to be replaced to increase color capability and greatly improve reproduction, she bought a new Goss Community press in the early 2000s.
Judi was born May 2, 1947 in Greenwood, S.C., and died at age 72 on Aug. 15, 2019. Her death came six months after the newspaper celebrated its 100th year of serving the Greenwood area.
Judi graduated from Greenwood High School and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina’s College of Journalism.
“Judi never gave up trying new ideas but didn’t neglect the quality of the printed newspaper,” Bill Rogers said in learning of Judi’s passing. At the time, Rogers was executive director of the S.C. Press Association and the two worked together many years. “She was committed to her newspaper and her community,” he said.
Judi served as the Press Association’s treasurer, vice president for dailies and then as president in 2015. Despite her various roles and accomplishments, Judi was humble and modest.
When the Women’s Leadership Conference in Greenwood gave Judi the Trailblazer Award during a banquet in 2016, she asked: “What trail did I blaze?”
She told attendees her mother, Eleanor M. Mundy, was the trailblazer; she merely followed in her mother’s footsteps.
Judi was named South Carolina’s Young Woman of the Year for 1976. She served on numerous boards and committees, including the South Carolina Festival of Flowers, March of Dimes and Cancer Society Drives. She was involved in organizations including garden and study clubs, along with boards for colleges and universities, as well as the Cambridge Academy Board of Trustees.
The newsroom flourished thanks to her belief in and support of community journalism. The press awards the newsroom amassed with her at the helm are a testament to her leadership.
Judi did not shy away from the public’s right to information. A staunch supporter of government transparency and investigative journalism, Judi agreed to sue the state Department of Public Safety for the release of dashcam footage under South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act. She won her case.
“Judi had a soft voice and a polite demeanor that disguised a fierce commitment to the Index-Journal and the role of a free press in our democratic society,” longtime press attorney Jay Bender, who represented the newspaper against Public Safety, said after Judi passed. “Even in a time of tight newspaper budgets, Judi was willing to fight in court to challenge instances of improper government secrecy. Her marching orders often were, ‘We can’t let them get away with that.’”
She described her role as owner of Greenwood’s daily newspaper as “a privilege and a great responsibility” in 2006 when talking about the importance of keeping the family-owned publication in the hands of locals.
ATTENDEES
Patricia Abraham
Carolina Panorama
Columbia, SC
Nathaniel Abraham Jr. Vice President - Weeklies
Carolina Panorama Columbia, SC
Cam Adams
Index-Journal Greenwood, SC
Seanna Adcox
SC Daily Gazette
Columbia, SC
Jane Alford
Executive Committee
The Lancaster News
Carolina Gateway Lancaster, SC
Robert Ariail
Charleston City Paper
Charleston, SC
Sharon Bailey
S.C. Press Association Columbia, SC
Barbara Ball
Treasurer
The Voice of Blythewood and Fairfield County Blythewood, SC
Mac Banks
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
Tony Bartelme
The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
Linda Beattie
The Island News Beaufort, SC
Jay Bender
S.C. Press Association Columbia, SC
Dede Biles
Aiken Standard
Aiken, SC
Greg Booras
Creative Circle Media Solutions
Dahlonega, GA
John Boyette
Aiken Standard
Aiken, SC
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ATTENDEES
Andy Brack
Charleston City Paper Charleston, SC
Vanessa Brewer-Tyson Pageland ProgressiveJournal Pageland, SC
Jessica Brodie South Carolina United Methodist Advocate Columbia, SC
Angela Brown Union County News Union, SC
Anna Brown
Union County News Union, SC
Bobby Brown Union County News Union, SC
Martha Rose Brown
The Times and Democrat Orangeburg, SC
Robert Brown Union County News Union, SC
Melnee Buchheit
The Greer Citizen Greer, SC
Phil Buchheit
The Greer Citizen Greer, SC
2023-2024 SCPA PRESIDENT
Richard Whiting S.C. Press Association Proudly Honors
for His Service to the Palmetto State's Newspapers
ATTENDEES
William Buchheit
The Greer Citizen Greer, SC
Alison Burns-Parham Index-Journal
Greenwood, SC
Joe Bustos
The State Columbia, SC
Martin Cahn Chronicle-Independent Camden, SC
Ken Campbell AdCellerant
Denver, CO Norm Cannada
The Journal
Seneca, SC
Alicia Caracciolo
USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Columbia, SC
Tommy Cardinal MyHorryNews
Waccamaw Publishers, Inc.
Conway, SC
Kathryn Casteel
The Greenville News
Greenville, SC
Jason Cato
The Post and Courier
Charleston, SC
Mandy Catoe
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
Scott Chancey Morning News Florence, SC
Brian Chilton
PopMount Richmond, VA
Matthew Christian
Aiken Standard Aiken, SC
John Clayton
Laurens County Advertiser Laurens, SC
Ted Clifford
The State Columbia, SC
Macy Cochran
The Greer Citizen Greer, SC
Jeffrey Collins Associated Press Columbia, SC
Donna-Maria Conzalina
The People-Sentinel Barnwell, SC
Bruce Cook Union County News Union, SC
Dale Cook Union County News Union, SC
Russell Cox
Municipal Association of SC Columbia, SC
We have some great training events planned for 2024! We would love your ideas for session topics and speakers! Email jmadden@scpress.org to let us know what interests you! THANKS to the SCPA Foundation Smoak Fund for sponsoring this event
ATTENDEES
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Anne Cushman Columbia, SC
Gwinn Davis
Gwinn Davis Media Simpsonville, SC
Sandi Davis
Gwinn Davis Media
Simpsonville, SC
Kyle Dawson Aiken Standard Aiken, SC
Elijah de Castro
The People-Sentinel Barnwell, SC
Lydia Derrick Wherry
The Edgefield Advertiser Edgefield, SC
Suzanne Detar
The Daniel Island News Daniel Island, SC
Mary Dimitrov
The Island Packet Hilton Head Island, SC
St. Claire Donaghy Index-Journal Greenwood, SC
Jonathan Drew Associated Press Columbia, SC
Justin Driggers
Morning News Florence, SC
Delayna Earley
The Island News Beaufort, SC
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First Place
The Staff at The Post and Courier
News Section or Special Edition: “24 hours on Folly Beach”
Breaking News Reporting: “Coverage of South Carolina’s missing F-35B jet”
Community Service: “Salt and Steel”
Website: www.postandcourier.com
Second Place
The Staff at The Post and Courier
Election and Political Coverage
Digital Project: “24 hours on Folly Beach”
Third Place
The
Staff at The Post and Courier
Sports Section or Magazine: Sports section - Jan. 29, 2023
Series of Articles: “Boom & Balance”
Newspaper’s Use of Social Media
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EXCELLENCE
to the s.c. press association award-winning journalists of
ndividual First Place winners:
Grace Beahm Alford
Tony Bartelme
Laura Bilson
Jon Blau
David Cloninger
Jocelyn Grzeszczak
ndividual Second Place winners:
Laura Bilson
Jon Blau
Lillia Callum-Penso
Kenna Coe
Tom Corwin
Clare Fieseler
Jocelyn Grzeszczak
Conor Hughes
ndividual Third Place winners:
Isabel Adams
Seanna Adcox
Laura Bilson
Tom Corwin
Clare Fieseler
Megan Fernandes
Maura Hogan
Lisa Justus
Beth Harrison
Alan Hovorka
Tony Kukulich
Gavin McIntyre
Parker Milner
Adam Parker
Lisa Justus
Tony Kukulich
Brandon Lockett
John McDermott
Gavin McIntyre
Parker Milner
Kalyn Oyer
John Ramsey
Kelly Jean Kelly
Brandon Lockett
Gavin McIntyre
Andrew Miller
Kalyn Oyer
Autumn Phillips
John Ramsey
Ali Rockett
Gene Sapakoff
Cindi Ross Scoppe
David Slade
Henry Taylor
Ali Rockett
Cindi Ross Scoppe
Benjamin Simon
Henry Taylor
Andrew J. Whitaker
Warren L. Wise
Ema Schumer
Cindi Ross Scoppe
Benjamin Simon
Scott Stubbs
Henry Taylor
Andrew J. Whitaker
Warren L. Wise
Bryn Eddy
The Sumter Item
Sumter, SC
Jeff Evans
The Island News
Lowcountry Weekly Beaufort, SC
Margaret Evans
The Island News
Lowcountry Weekly Beaufort, SC
Terri (Alex) Feagin
The Manning Times
Manning, SC
Sonja Fox
The Twin-City News
Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Sammy Fretwell
The State
Columbia, SC
Anna Frey
Walton Press
Monroe, GA
Brian Garner
The News & Reporter
Chester, SC
Jenny Garner
The News & Reporter
Chester, SC
Ashley Ghere
The Voice of Blythewood and Fairfield County
Edinboro, PA
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Boots Gifford
The Daniel Island News
Daniel Island, SC
Caleb Gilbert
The Journal Seneca, SC
Mae Giorgi
S.C. Press Association Columbia, SC
Dionne Gleaton
The Times and Democrat Orangeburg, SC
John Gogick
The State Columbia, SC
Geoffrey Hardee Blythewood, SC
Lee Harter
The Times and Democrat Orangeburg, SC
Pam Harter
The Times and Democrat Orangeburg, SC
Sarah Haselhorst
The Island Packet
Hilton Head Island, SC
Bernie Heller
The Post and Courier
Columbia / Free Times Columbia, SC
Matthew Hensley
The Post and Courier Spartanburg Spartanburg, SC
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Grant Hermanns
Myrtle Beach, SC
Alexander Hicks Herald-Journal
Greenville News
Spartanburg/Greenville, SC
Stephanie Ann Hicks Spartanburg, SC
Leah Hincks
The Post and Courier
Columbia Columbia, SC
Julie Holcombe
The Greer Citizen Greer, SC
Alan Hovorka
The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
Cary Howard
Lexington County Chronicle Lexington, SC
Robert Howey
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
Hillary Hudson
USC College of Information and Communications Columbia, SC
Brandon Hunter
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
Emily Hunter Lancaster, SC
Elizabeth Hustad
The Post and Courier
North Augusta/The Star
North Augusta, SC
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Ashley Jenkins
The News & Reporter Chester, SC
Mary Jenkins
The News & Reporter Chester, SC
Travis Jenkins
The News & Reporter Chester, SC
Rick Johnson
The Lancaster News/ Carolina Gateway Lancaster, SC
Denise Johnston
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
Danielle Jongewaard
PopMount Richmond, VA
Robert Jordan
Index-Journal Greenwood, SC
Austin Joyce Greer, SC
Andrea Kelley
The Journal
Seneca, SC
Jai Kim Columbia, SC
Meg Kinnard Associated Press
Blythewood, SC
Melanie Knight
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
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Tommie Knight
Lancaster, SC
Kailee Kokes
Lexington County
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Lexington, SC
Jordan Lawrence
The State
Columbia, SC
Jason Lee
The Sun News Myrtle Beach, SC
Sebastian Lee
The Island Packet
Hilton Head Island, SC
Tami Lee Myrtle Beach, SC
Joshua Little Jefferson, SC
Simeon Little
Pageland Progressive Journal Pageland, SC
Nichole Livengood
The News
Kingstree, SC
Harry Logan
SCPA Foundation President
West Columbia, SC
Michael Lollis
The Journal
Williamston, SC
Hank Lunn
S.C. Press Association
Columbia, SC
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Jen Madden
S.C. Press Association
Columbia, SC
Jeremi Madden Columbia, SC
Kenton Makin
Makin’ A Difference
North Augusta, SC
Alaysha Maple
The Sumter Item Sumter, SC
Bristow Marchant
The State
Columbia, SC
Xavier Martin
USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications Columbia, SC
Leigh Ann Maynard
The Manning Times
Manning, SC
Mike McCombs
The Island News
Beaufort, SC
Melissa McCoy
The Manning Times
Manning, SC
Andy McKenna
OnPremise Networks
Chicago, IL
Evan McKenna
The Island Packet
Hilton Head Island, SC
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Mitchell Mercer
The Lancaster News Lancaster, SC
Krys Merryman
SC Biz News
Greenville, SC
Donna Miley
The People-Sentinel Barnwell, SC
Suzanne Mims Derrick
The Edgefield Advertiser Edgefield, SC
Randy Mitchell
Aiken Standard Aiken, SC
Thad Moore
The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
Bianca Moorman
Aiken Standard Aiken, SC
ATTENDEES
Dale Morefield
The Lancaster News/ Paxton Media Group
Lancaster, SC
Julia Moulton
S.C. Press Association
Columbia, SC
Carl Muller
Carl Muller Law Firm
Greenville, SC
ATTENDEES
Alex Nettles
Charleston City Paper
USC School of Journalism
Zoe Nicholson
The Post and Courier
Columbia/Free Times
Columbia, SC
Andrew O’Byrne Leader Publishing Wagener, SC
Hannah Oskin
MyHorryNews
Waccamaw Publishers, Inc.
Conway, SC
Kyle Osteen Executive Committee
The Sumter Item Sumter, SC
Eddie Parham
Index-Journal
Greenwood, SC
Lauren Pierce
The Journal Seneca, SC
James Pollard
Associated Press
Columbia, SC
Cora Powers
S.C. Press Association
Columbia, SC
Charles Price Index-Journal
Greenwood, SC
Mundy Price Index-Journal
Greenwood, SC
Brandon Roberts
Summerville Communications Inc. Summerville, SC
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Matt Robertson
Morning News
Florence, SC
Stephen Robertson Executive Committee
MyHorryNews
Waccamaw Publishers, Inc. Conway, SC
Tonya Rodgers
The Twin-City News
Batesburg-Leesville, SC
Bill Rogers
S.C. Press Association, Retired
Columbia, SC
Chalmers Rogland Herald-Journal
Spartanburg, SC
Ken Ruinard Independent Mail Anderson, SC
Randall Savely
S.C. Press Association
Columbia, SC
Ema Schumer
The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
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ATTENDEES
Chris Segal
The Sun News
Myrtle Beach, SC
Katherine Seigler
USC College of Information and Communications Columbia, SC
Ray Sharpe
S.C. Press Association
Columbia, SC
Bob Simmonds Index-Journal
Greenwood, SC
David Slade
The Post and Courier
Charleston, SC
Emma Slaven
The Daniel Island News
Daniel Island, SC
Gina Smith
The State Columbia, SC
Glenn Smith
The Post and Courier
Charleston, SC
Taylor Smith
S.C. Press Association
Meriwether Law
Columbia, SC
Chris Sokoloski
Coastal Observer
Pawleys Island, SC
Abbie Sossamon
The Gaffney Ledger
Gaffney, SC
Cody Sossamon
The Gaffney Ledger
Gaffney, SC
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Charleston, SC
Steve Stegelin
Charleston City Paper
Charleston, SC
Trey Stewart
The Greer Citizen Greer, SC
Janel Strieter
The Sumter Item Sumter, SC
Scott Suchy
Charleston City Paper
Charleston, SC
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Spartanburg, SC
Charles Swenson
Coastal Observer Pawleys Island, SC
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The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
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The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
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The State Columbia, SC
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The State Columbia, SC
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The People Sentinel Barnwell, SC
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The People-Sentinel Barnwell, SC
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The Daniel Island News
Daniel Island, SC
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Columbia/Free Times Columbia, SC
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Thomas Werner
The Daniel Island News Daniel Island, SC
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The People-Sentinel Barnwell, SC
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Richard Whiting President Index-Journal Greenwood, SC
Wendy Whiting Greenwood, SC
Lisa Wilson
The Island Packet
Hilton Head Island, SC
Samantha Winn
The Post and Courier
North Augusta/The Star North Augusta, SC
Robert York
The Island Packet
Hilton Head Island, SC
Nicole Ziege
The Post and Courier Charleston, SC
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