General telephone inquiries
Main switchboard: (800) 888-5353
General office hours
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
- Fax and other Numbers
- Administration
- Advertising
- Subscriber Services
- Human Resources
- Newsroom
- Online
Fax and other numbers
| Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) | 803.771.8698 |
| Breaking News state@thestate.com | 803.771.8415 / 800.288.2727 |
| Newsroom Fax | 803.771.8430 |
| Sports Fax | 803.771.8613 |
Administration
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| President & Publisher | Henry Haitz III publisher@thestate.com | 803.771.8693 |
| Executive Assistant to the Publisher | Kathy Moreland kmoreland@thestate.com | 803.771.8370 |
| Vice President Finance | Kelly Edwards kedwards@thestate.com | 803.771.8408 |
| Finance Manager | Mike Compton mcompton@thestate.com | 803.771.8552 |
| Vice President Human Resources | Diane Frea dfrea@thestate.com | 803.771.8497 |
Advertising
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone | |
| Legal Notices | legalads@thestate.com | 803.771.8477 | |
| Ad inserts/coupons - Michelle Betiaux | mbertiaux@thestate.com | 803.771.8477 | |
| Retail Advertising | Nick Young nyoung@thestate.com | 803.771.8341 | |
| Classified Advertising | Lauren Libetllibet@thestate.com | 803.771.8372 http://columbiathestate.adperfect.com/ | |
| Calendar | calendars@thestate.com | 803.771.8416 http://events.thestate.com/ | |
| Community News | calendars@thestate.com | 803.771.8416 | |
| Celebrations | weddings@thestate.com | 803.771.8431 | |
| Obituaries | stateobits@thestate.com | 803.771.8452 / 803.771.8452 | Obituary pricing and guidelines |
Subscriber Services
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Customer Service | apaccirc@thestate.com | 800.888.3566 |
| Circulation Manager | Rich Robb rrobb@thestate.com | 803.771.8423 |
| Single Copy Manager | Richard Curtis rcurtis@thestate.com | 803.771.8629 |
| Subscriptions/Billing | apaccirc@thestate.com | 800.888.3566 |
Human Resources
| Human Resources Office | 803.771.8350 |
| Human Resources FAX | 803.540.3041 |
Newsroom
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Vice President and Executive Editor | Mark Lett mlett@thestate.com | 803.771.8451 |
| Managing Editor | Steve Brook sbrook@thestate.com | 803.771.8464 |
Local News / Business
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Assistant Managing Editor | Eileen Waddell ewaddell@thestate.com | 803.771.8621 |
| Assistant Metro Editor | Dawn Kujawa dkujawa@thestate.com | 803.771.8561 |
| Reporter | Clif LeBlanc cleblanc@thestate.com | 803.771.8664 |
| Reporter | Sammy Fretwell sfretwell@thestate.com | 803.771.8537 |
| Reporter | Mindy Lucas mlucas@thestate.com | 803.771.8657 |
| Reporter | John Monk jmonk@thestate.com | 803.771.8344 |
| Reporter | Noelle Phillips nophillips@thestate.com | 803.771.8307 |
| Reporter | Carolyn Click cclick@thestate.com | 803.771.8386 |
| Reporter | Tim Flach tflach@thestate.com | 803.771.8483 |
| Reporter | Dawn Hinshaw dhinshaw@thestate.com | 803.771.8641 |
| Reporter | Bertram Rantin brantin@thestate.com | 803.771.8306 |
| Assistant Business Editor | Kristy Rupon krupon@thestate.com | 803.771.8308 |
| Reporter | Jeffrey Wilkinson jwilkinson@thestate.com | 803.771.8495 |
| Reporter | Roddie Burris rburris@thestate.com | 803.771.8398 |
Opinion / Editorial
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Associate Editor | Warren Bolton wbolton@thestate.com | 803.771.8631 @boltonwarren |
| Associate Editor | Cindi Ross Scoppe cscoppe@thestate.com | 803.771.8571 @cindiscoppe |
| Letters to the Editor | stateeditor@thestate.com | 803.771.8465 803.771.8639 |
Sports
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Executive Sports Editor | Rick Millians rmillians@thestate.com | 803.771.8450 |
| Columnist | Ron Morris rmorris@thestate.com | 803.771.8432 |
| Reporter | Akilah Nelson ainelson@thestate.com | 803.771.8419 |
| Reporter | Neil White ntwhite@thestate.com | 803.771.8643 |
| Sports Copy Editor | Greg Hardy ghardy@thestate.com | 803.771.8536 |
| Sports Copy Editor | Jeff Price jdprice@thestate.com | 803.771.8642 |
| Page Designer | Kevin McLendon kmclendon@thestate.com | 803.771.8337 |
Features
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Features, Arts & Entertainment Editor | Betsey Guzior bguzior@thestate.com | 803.771.8441 |
| Reporter | Joey Holleman jholleman@thestate.com | 803.771.8366 |
| Reporter | Otis Taylor otaylor@thestate.com | 803.771.8362 |
Governance
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Reporter | Adam Beam abeam@thestate.com | 803.771.8405@adambeam |
| Reporter | Andy Shain ashain@thestate.com | 803.771.9619@andyshain |
| Reporter | Jamie Self jself@thestate.com | 803.771.8658@jamieself |
Admin & Reader's Desk
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Operations Manager | Diane Morrison dmorrison@thestate.com | 803.771.8444 |
| News Assistant | Rosie Brooks rbrooks@thestate.com | 803.771.8560 |
| News Assistant | Laura Sams lsams@thestate.com | 803.771.8614 |
Online News
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Managing Editor for Online | Gary Ward gward@thestate.com | 803.771.8598 |
| Assistant Online Editor, GoGamecocks.com | Dwayne McLemore dmclemore@thestate.com | 803.771.8687 |
| Online Producer | Kelly Davis kdavis@thestate.com | 803.771.8396 |
Photography
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Photojournalist | Chris Berry caberry@thestate.com | 803.771.8420 |
| Photojournalist | Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate.com | 803.771.8420 |
| Photojournalist | Kim Kim Foster Tobin kkfoster@thestate.com | 803.771.8420 |
| Photojournalist | Tracy Glantz tglantz@thestate.com | 803.771.8420 |
| Photojournalist | Gerry Melendez gmelendez@thestate.com | 803.771.8420 |
Design
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Visual Director | Tom Peyton tpeyton@thestate.com | 803.771.8375 |
| Assistant Sports Editor, Presentation | Meredith Sheffer msheffer@thestate.com | 803.771.8519 |
| Page Designer | Susan Ardis sardis@thestate.com | 803.771.8595 |
| Page Designer | Tracy Burlison tburlison@thestate.com | 803.771.8490 |
| Page Designer | Kelly Cobb kcobb@thestate.com | 803.771.8409 |
| Page Designer | Randy Shirey rshirey@thestate.com | 803.771.8596 |
| Page Designer | Elizabeth Smith emsmith@thestate.com | 803.771.7950 |
Copy Desk
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Copy Desk Chief | Bob Venturella rventurella@thestate.com | 803.771.8316 |
| Copy Editor | Bobby Bryant blbryant@thestate.com | 803.771.8454 |
| Copy Editor | John Collins jocollins@thestate.com | 803.771.8397 |
Online
| Title | Name/Email | Work Phone |
| Managing Editor for Online | Gary Ward gward@thestate.com | 803.771.8598 |
| General Inquiries | online@thestate.com | |
| Online Support | online@thestate.com |
