Departments

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

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  

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