Post and Courier advances digital subscriptions business with sports newsletters, in partnership with GNI Published June 2022The Post and Courier and Google News Initiative (GNI) published a case study highlighting the impact of new paid newsletters to the paper’s digital subscription business. In partnership with the GNI, The Post and...
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Ketanji Brown Jackson Posted April 12, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
The Passion of Christ is God’s amazing grace
Living on Purpose: The Passion of Christ is God’s amazing grace Dr. William Holland Posted April 11, 2022By Dr. William HollandApril is the month of new beginnings when trees begin to sprout their leaves and flowers emerge from the ground to express their beauty. This is also the time when...
Masters Memories
Masters Memories Tom Poland Posted April 11, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netThere comes a memory from long ago when Georgia had yet to win 1980 and 2021 national champions. No worries, Georgia was and is an annual world champion for those who compete for the green jacket.Living some 37 miles...
A Creek Runs Through It
A Creek Runs Through It Tom Poland Posted April 7, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netWriters title works and often they fail to come up with a good one. Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas comes to mind. Sometimes a gem of a title comes along and its words and title stay...
Winsome Beauties
Everything and Nothing: Winsome Beauties Aïda Rogers Posted April 7, 2022By Aïda Rogers“Isn’t it funny the things you remember,” my mom said to me recently. She’d been recounting some random anecdote from her childhood.Mom spends a lot of time in her brown chair, much of her churning energy slowed by health...
Seize opportunity to steer, moderate election noise
Seize opportunity to steer, moderate election noise Published April 2022 By Jim Pumarlo, Newspaper Consultant Election coverage was a priority when I toiled behind the editor’s desk. It was all-hands-on-deck in the newsroom as we sought information to help voters make their choices.As a final step, we endorsed in all...
Former Paris players say coach will bring personality, heart to UofSC
Former Paris players say coach will bring personality, heart to UofSC Posted March 31, 2022By Cam AdamsCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. After a season with Vanderbilt, men’s basketball player Matt Ryan was...
Gamecock athletes utilize NIL to bolster local business and their brands
Gamecock athletes utilize NIL to bolster local business and their brands Posted March 29, 2022By Josh MatthewsCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. Since the NCAA has allowed athletes to monetize themselves based on...
Guide to Gamecock NIL sponsorship deals
Guide to Gamecock NIL sponsorship deals Posted March 29, 2022By Josh MatthewsCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. See full package with images. This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is...
The ‘Carolina Squat’ is not hot to trot for my generation
Southern Voices, Southern Stories: The ‘Carolina Squat’ is not hot to trot for my generation Michael DeWitt, Jr. Posted April 4, 2022By Michael DeWitt, Jr.Just when South Carolina brings back, of all things, the archaic and brutal firing squad, and I fear that there is no humanity or common decency...
Trump and Nixon Compared
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Trump and Nixon Compared Posted April 4, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Being accountable for our spiritual sensitivity
Living on Purpose: Being accountable for our spiritual sensitivity Dr. William Holland Posted April 4, 2022By Dr. William HollandI remember the day we brought Teddy our English Bulldog puppy into our home. The breeder told us he was eight weeks old but after receiving his papers, we noticed he was...
Russia Military Might
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Russia Military Might Posted March 29, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Without a burden, we will not pray
Living on Purpose: Without a burden, we will not pray Dr. William Holland Posted March 29, 2022By Dr. William HollandThe key to being a good soldier is listening carefully and being obedient. No one, especially God wants a servant that decides to be absent without leave or that is rebellious...
The importance of proofreading
The importance of proofreading By John Foust, Advertising Trainer Proofreading is one of the most important skills in the advertising world. While anybody with a sense of humor can appreciate a harmless blooper (one of my favorites is the sign that read, “Ears pierced while you wait”), no advertiser wants...
Publication of Murdaugh Phone Call Recordings Raises Legal Issues
Publication of Murdaugh Phone Call Recordings Raises Legal Issues Published March 2022 By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act provides that state agencies must provide public records, within certain parameters and exceptions, to the public upon request. It also defines...
A New Broom Sweeps Clean
A New Broom Sweeps Clean Tom Poland Posted March 23, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.net“A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.” Mom pulled out this old saw when a new preacher attempted wholesale change or a new boss let the old employees go. The rest...
Ukraine Fights Back
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Ukraine Fights Back Posted March 21, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Telling our worries and fears how big God is
Living on Purpose: Telling our worries and fears how big God is Dr. William Holland Posted March 21, 2022By Dr. William HollandI was reminded today of the verse in Psalm 30 and the last part of verse five that say’s, “Weeping may last through the night but joy comes in...
Rediscovering An Old Friend
Rediscovering An Old Friend Tom Poland Posted March 21, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netMarch 3rd is a day I’ll long remember. A bit earlier I had given a talk to the Kiwanis Club at the Darlington Country Club. Returning home I chose to get lost. Just drive and see where...
Southern Voices, Southern Stories: Taking modern women to task over Tupperware
Southern Voices, Southern Stories: Taking modern women to task over Tupperware Michael DeWitt, Jr. Posted March 16, 2022By Michael DeWitt, Jr.“You did not just go buy Tupperware. You went to a Tupperware party, where I assumed there was drinking and poker and probably fistfights. I would learn, to my disappointment,...
Coastal Observer editor to lead state press association
Coastal Observer editor to lead state press association Charles Swenson Charles Swenson, editor of the Coastal Observer in Pawleys Island, has been elected president of the S.C. Press Association after a vote of the Press Association’s membership.Other officers elected were: Richard Whiting, executive editor of the Index-Journal in Greenwood, as...
In God we trust with every situation
Living on Purpose: In God we trust with every situation Dr. William Holland Posted March 15, 2022By Dr. William HollandHave you known someone who was even-tempered and composed even when circumstances seemed to be falling apart all around them? In times of a serious crisis, somehow these individuals have the...
An Old Tree, An Old Academy
An Old Tree, An Old Academy: A Magnolia and a School of Consequence Tom Poland Posted March 15, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netAs you top the Edgefield County rise, that fine word “copse” comes to mind. Copse, a small group of trees, that’s what you see. Look closer, however, and...
Putin on the Main Stage
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Putin on the Main Stage Posted March 14, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Sunshine Week 2022 | Andy Brack
Sunshine Week 2022 Column: Andy Brack Follow the law by making records, meetings always open for all For publication: Sunshine Week, 2022 686 words By Andy Brack MARCH 11, 2022 | South Carolinians share a common value that public meetings and the work of government should be done in public...
Sunshine Week 2022 | Richard Whiting
Sunshine Week 2022 Column: Richard Whiting Freedom of Information Act serves you, the public By Richard Whiting Have you participated in elections that put school board members, city and county council members or state lawmakers in office?Do you pay state and local taxes and, in return, receive services?Do you know...
Sunshine Week 2022 | Taylor Smith
Sunshine Week 2022 Column: SCPA Attorney Taylor Smith By SCPA Attorney Taylor Smith Sunshine Week has arrived and is our annual reminder that if governmental transparency is not achieved our democracy will also never be fully realized. Rejoice, though, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (SCFOIA) exists and sets...
Rubio Leadership
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Rubio Leadership Posted March 7, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
God searches for those who drift away
Living on Purpose: God searches for those who drift away Dr. William Holland Posted March 7, 2022By Dr. William HollandNo matter where we come from or how we have been taught, we are responsible for what we think, what we say, and how we act. As optimism and pessimism are...
Cotton Pickin’ Memories
Cotton Pickin’ Memories Tom Poland Posted March 7, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netMy jaunts around the South take me past old haunts, a cotton gin now and then. I’ve seen gins in Salters, Bishopville, and other rural places. They sit idle. A spell back I ventured inside an old gin....
Of camellias, poets, and getting tripped up by the truth
Everything and Nothing: Of camellias, poets, and getting tripped up by the truth Aïda Rogers Posted March 1, 2022By Aïda RogersThis is the time of year when people in McClellanville do camellia walks. This they do at Hampton Plantation State Historic Site, where South Carolina’s first poet laureate, Archibald Rutledge, lived in his...
Which way to go…
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Which way to go... Posted March 1, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
A testimony about a miraculous healing
Living on Purpose: A testimony about a miraculous healing Dr. William Holland Posted March 1, 2022By Dr. William HollandI want to share a praise report of God healing someone I know personally. We hear about sickness and disease and the endless cries of why, but rarely do we learn about...
Miss Emily’s Oak
Miss Emily’s Oak Tom Poland Posted Feb. 28, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netShe planted the oak some sixty-eight years ago. Miss Emily was around twenty-six then. The years passed, the tree grew, and today it’s a setting Normal Rockwell would have appreciated. A classic Southern scene, it possesses the requisite...
From Savior to Survivor
From Savior to Survivor Tom Poland Posted Feb. 23, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netFour relics remind me of how things used to be: fire towers, windmills, chimneys, and silos. I’ve written about fire towers, windmills, and chimneys but never silos. I described where a rock chimney stands, its quartz glistening...
Advertising’s blast from the past
Advertising’s blast from the past By John Foust, Advertising Trainer In order to look ahead to a new advertising idea, sometimes it helps to take a look at the past. When an advertiser has been in business for a number of years, there are plenty of possibilities.Let’s take a look...
No Immunity
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: No Immunity Posted Feb. 22, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Those who have an ear let them hear
Living on Purpose: Those who have an ear let them hear Dr. William Holland Posted Feb. 21, 2022By Dr. William HollandOne of the greatest mysteries is the perplexing relationship between God and humans. I cannot think of a more glorious yet frustrating subject. Especially when it comes to people trying...
Wild Horses
Wild Horses Tom Poland Posted Feb. 17, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netWhen I hear some determined soul say “wild horses couldn’t pull me away” thoughts race through my mind. First, I think of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. You’d think it’d be Mussel Shoals as mussels and waterways go together, but no,...
$50 Million Verdict in South Carolina Libel Case Is an Outlier, Not an Omen
$50 Million Verdict in South Carolina Libel Case Is an Outlier, Not an Omen Published Feb. 2021 By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications There is a saying among lawyers that “bad facts make bad law,” meaning that cases in which the litigants (and/or perhaps lawyers)...
Are you satisfied with the amount of God you have?
Living on Purpose: Are you satisfied with the amount of God you have? Dr. William Holland Posted Feb. 15, 2022By Dr. William HollandAnyone that has ever risen from the couch and declared their intentions to work for the kingdom of God has felt the resistance of our negative human nature....
Criminal Negligence
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Criminal Negligence Posted Feb. 15, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
The Best Drink Of Water
The Best Drink Of Water Tom Poland Posted Feb. 10, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netSeems to me, as the old folks would say, an aluminum dipper delivered the best drink of water. You’d sink that dipper into a wooden bucket. And that wooden bucket had just been winched up from...
The best dessert
Everything and Nothing: The best dessert Aïda Rogers Posted Feb. 10, 2022By Aïda RogersFor me and many others, Sundays were always the same. There was always church, followed by a big meal, followed by a long nap. These rituals marked the end of a week and the beginning of the next....
Examine, evaluate reporting shortcuts
Examine, evaluate reporting shortcuts Published Feb. 9, 2022 By Jim Pumarlo, Newspaper Consultant I fondly characterize newsrooms as organized chaos. I witnessed that firsthand guiding staffs when resources were plentiful and community newspapers had captive audiences.Dynamics are even more frayed in today’s changing media landscape as editors grapple with diminished...
When praying for rain, don’t forget your raincoat
Living on Purpose: When praying for rain, don’t forget your raincoat Dr. William Holland Posted Feb. 7, 2022By Dr. William HollandWe’ve heard the old saying that life is not a bed of roses for as long as we can remember. I understand what it’s trying to convey, but I’ve also...
Heresy
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Heresy Posted Feb. 7, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Read The Fine Print
Read The Fine Print Tom Poland Posted Feb. 4, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netNote: For Non-Offended Eyes OnlySome say we are what we eat and that what we eat these days is killing us. Down in Australia, some Australian Aboriginals moved to the city and adopted a civilized diet and...
Winter In Wambaw Bay
Winter In Wambaw Bay Tom Poland Posted Feb. 2, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netThe orchestra is quiet, as winter holds the conductor’s baton. Still, a song comes to mind. “California Dreamin” where much is brown and gray—every shade of brown and gray you can imagine. Yet, if you know where...
The pursuit of Joy
Everything and Nothing: The pursuit of Joy Aïda Rogers Posted Feb. 2, 2022By Aïda RogersI was in my broke twenties when I first encountered Joy. We didn’t run in the same circles; a high-dollar item, Joy was out of my newspaper writer reach. Literally. That $500 bottle of French perfume, in...
Breyer to the rescue
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Breyer to the rescue Posted Feb. 1, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Determined to be on the same page with God
Living on Purpose: Determined to be on the same page with God Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 31, 2022By Dr. William HollandLast year was challenging for many, and as we move ahead in 2022, may we dedicate our minds and hearts to continue drawing as near to God as we...
Noted minister and faith columnist releases new book about healing and miracles.
Living on Purpose: Noted minister and faith columnist releases new book about healing and miracles. “Receiving Our Healing – Going to War on our Knees” By Dr. William F. Holland Jr. Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 31, 2022By Dr. William HollandAs the author of, “A Lifestyle of Worship – Living...
The Emperor’s Hem
The Emperor’s Hem Tom Poland Posted Jan. 31, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netIn the late 1990s, a time that seems ancient, I touched the emperor’s hem. That is I corresponded with a writer whose words revealed a style original and mesmerizing. Somehow, I hoped, might his gift rub onto me?...
One way to make presentations more memorable
One way to make presentations more memorable By John Foust, Advertising Trainer Samuel, the ad manager at a community paper, told me about a simple technique his sales team uses at the end of meetings with prospects and clients.“I once read that people remember only about 25 percent of what...
Bogus Electors
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Bogus Electors Posted Jan. 24, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Resisting the temptation to be discouraged
Living on Purpose: Resisting the temptation to be discouraged Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 24, 2022By Dr. William HollandRecently, I had an opportunity to chat with a wonderful lady as she shared with me about her health issues and other concerns. Suddenly she stopped and wanted to know if she...
Crow Tastes Pretty Good In Snow
Crow Tastes Pretty Good In Snow Tom Poland Posted Jan. 24, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netMy last column criticized I-20 as a barrier to snow in the classic South. “Winter after winter, radar reveals blue, pink, and white blotches rolling north of I-20. Below it? Green blotches of rain. Southerners...
2021 Was a Record Year in U.S. Press Freedom, But Not in a Good Way
2021 was another record year in U.S. Press Freedom, but not in a good way Published Jan. 2022 By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications The language of the First Amendment regarding freedom of speech and the press seems pretty absolute: “Congress shall make no law...
Are you ready for the new year? Take inventory, prepare calendar
Are you ready for the new year? Take inventory, prepare calendar Published Jan. 2022 By Jim Pumarlo, Newspaper Consultant It’s standard procedure at many newspapers to chronicle headlines in year-end editions. The continuing social and economic impact of COVID-19 is certain to capture a lion’s share of attention in most...
The Real Wife
Everything and Nothing: The Real Wife Aïda Rogers Posted Jan. 19, 2022By Aïda RogersI imagine everybody gets a surprise or two after they get married, so imagine mine when I realized the person I married was already married - to his wood stove. It took a few years for me to...
Sedition
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Sedition Posted Jan. 18, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
God wants our heart not just our problems
Living on Purpose: God wants our heart not just our problems Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 18, 2022By Dr. William HollandGod is faithful and is always with you, protecting and watching over you whether you believe He is there or not. Just because you cannot sense Him intervening, it does...
The Great Dividing Line
The Great Dividing Line Tom Poland Posted Jan. 18, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netYet another dud weather storm forecast teaches me something. When the next Ice Age arrives, its frozen sheet will grind to a halt where I-20 crosses the Southeast. (Assuming civilization lasts that long.) Winter forecasts prove over...
Into the issues
INTO THE ISSUES AP lets non-member weeklies republish its investigative story about 2020 election fraud Published Jan. 10, 2022 By Al Cross Almost a year ago, this column urged community newspapers to tell their readers the truth about the 2020 presidential election — that it was fairly held — to...
Those who desperately seek God shall find Him
Living on Purpose: Those who desperately seek God shall find Him Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 10, 2022By Dr. William HollandI realize that my thoughts are not that important, but what God has to say contains the power to change what man cannot change. May we choose faith over fear...
Noble Ruin of the South
Noble Ruin of the South Tom Poland Posted Jan. 6, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netWhen man abandoned it, the traffic diverted west, and the forest began to claim it. Today, sycamores, cedars, and oaks console it, and wind and water song replace the hum of tires. If you know when...
The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few
Living on Purpose: The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 3, 2022By Dr. William HollandWhat if we knew Jesus was returning in five days? I would think that many people would prepare to meet Him, but is this not the expectant attitude we...
Still Here
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Still Here Posted Jan. 3, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Poke The Bear
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Poke The Bear Posted Jan. 3, 2022By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
A Perfect Time To Begin Brand New
Living on Purpose: A Perfect Time To Begin Brand New Dr. William Holland Posted Jan. 3, 2022 By Dr. William Holland The New Year is here and I’m excited to see what 2022 has for us! My hope is this coming year will be a season of abundance not just...
Miss Lucy, Childhood Legend
Miss Lucy, Childhood Legend Tom Poland Posted Jan. 3, 2022By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netSmall towns have that one eccentric person people long remember. Lincolnton, Georgia, had Miss Lucy Glaze. As I write I see a woman dressed in black, like Granny Clampett, racing down the sidewalk brandishing a rake. My...
Would you mind showing me around?
Would you mind showing me around? By John Foust, Advertising Trainer One of the most important questions you can ask an advertising client is, “Would you mind showing me around?”Think about it. When you have a conversation in a client’s office, you get a filtered version of that person’s business....
Oh, what a book can do
Everything and Nothing: Oh, what a book can do Aïda Rogers Posted Dec. 21, 2021By Aïda RogersI’ve just sobbed my way through Where the Red Fern Grows, a famous children’s book about a boy in the Ozark Mountains who devotes himself to buying, training, and hunting with his two red coonhounds....
Come Let us Adore Him – Christ the Lord!
Living on Purpose: Come Let us Adore Him – Christ the Lord! Dr. William Holland Posted Dec. 21, 2021By Dr. William HollandThe holiday season is called the most wonderful time of the year but between buying gifts, hosting parties, trying not to break your healthy habits (or the bank), and...
Build Back Better
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Build Back Better Posted Dec. 21, 2021By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Bitters, A History In Life And Literature
Bitters, A History In Life And Literature Tom Poland Posted Dec. 20, 2021By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netAmong the dusty bottles and vase stand three alcoholic potions. I bought the matador-like bottle in Madrid when I traveled by train through hard, brown Spain. Next to it stands an elegant bottle from...
Antitrust Clouds—and Lawsuits—Gather Against Big Tech
Antitrust Clouds—and Lawsuits—Gather Against Big Tech Published Dec. 2021 By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications What started as a West Virginia publisher’s quixotic quest has become a major lawsuit, brought on behalf of more than 200 individual newspapers, to challenge the uncompensated use of newspapers’...
The earthly parents of the Son of God
Living on Purpose: The earthly parents of the Son of God Dr. William Holland Posted Dec. 13, 2021By Dr. William HollandThis is the time of year when we display our nativity sets and it’s common to see depictions on the front of Christmas cards that have Mary and Joseph in...
Remembering Smokehouses
Remembering Smokehouses Tom Poland Posted Dec. 13, 2021By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netI wrote about old hand-dug wells not long ago. Many old wells had a companion nearby, smokehouses. I’ve written about these farm icons before, but a good topic always deserves more coverage. Smokehouses live in lore as fragrant places...
Supreme Court Shipwreck
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Supreme Court Shipwreck Posted Dec. 13, 2021By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Fate and fortune align for Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden restoration
Fate and fortune align for Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden restoration Posted Nov. 30, 2021By Jack BinghamCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. BISHOPVILLE, S.C. – Pearl Fryar, South Carolina’s internationally-acclaimed topiary artist, and the garden he...
That funny feeling: young climate activists face eco-anxiety
That funny feeling: young climate activists face eco-anxiety Posted Nov. 30, 2021By Mackenzie PattersonCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. Climate activists are facing something different from burnout. It isn’t new, but it finally...
‘Prepackaged’ and taking the big city by storm
‘Prepackaged’ and taking the big city by storm Posted Nov. 30, 2021By Sheila Paz Carolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. Dressing Miss Universe and Miss USA in a public bathroom is not in everyone’s...
‘Does it capture the moment?’ An inside look at the Gamecock athletic creative media team
‘Does it capture the moment?’ An inside look at the Gamecock athletic creative media team Posted Nov. 30, 2021By Alex Jones and Nathaniel ShirleyCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. It’s 9 a.m. on Carolina-Clemson game...
A historically Black area in Columbia is changing, and residents question why
A historically Black area in Columbia is changing, and residents question why Posted Nov. 30, 2021By Sebastian LeeCarolina News & ReporterUniversity of South CarolinaEditor's Note: This package includes additional images, which can be found on the Carolina News & Reporter site. For more than 50 years, Moses Felder has clipped hair...
Do you have an eight-inch frying pan?
Do you have an eight-inch frying pan? By John Foust, Advertising Trainer There’s a story about an old man who was fishing from a pier. He was catching more fish than anyone else, so a crowd gathered to learn his secret. His behavior was unlike anything they had ever seen....
Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done
Living on Purpose: Nevertheless, not my will but thine be done Dr. William Holland Posted Dec. 6, 2021By Dr. William HollandGod’s general will is His Word and knowing the divine wisdom of His knowledge reveals who He is and what He demands from us. You see, no matter what we...
The Old Hand-Dug Well
The Old Hand-Dug Well Tom Poland Posted Dec. 6, 2021By Tom PolandA Southern Writerwww.tompoland.nettompol@earthlink.netDriving a country road, I passed an old well house. It didn’t look like a wishing well. It looked rustic, more like a shed, a practical structure. I stopped and took a photo of the well. Right...
Fake News
Stuart Neiman Cartoon: Fake News Posted Dec. 6, 2021By Stuart Neiman This content is being shared through the S.C. News Exchange and is for use in SCPA member publications. Please use appropriate bylines and credit line
Meaningful meeting reports demand substantive leads
Meaningful meeting reports demand substantive leads Published Nov. 23, 2021 By Jim Pumarlo, Newspaper Consultant Newspapers smartly are promoting their roles as government watchdogs to reinforce their strengths in the fractured media landscape. I join the chorus: Vibrant coverage of public affairs is at the foundation of vibrant communities. The...
Supreme Court Declines Chance to Clarify Right to Record Police
Supreme Court Declines Chance to Clarify Right to Record Police Published Nov. 2021 By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications On Nov. 1 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept for review a decision by the federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver holding that...
Letters to the editor published in writers’ own words – literally
Letters to the editor published in writers’ own words - literally Published Nov. 4, 2021 By Richard Whiting, Executive Editor, Index-Journal If you’ve been in this business long, you’re aware —painfully aware — of the many changes our profession has experienced. It was one thing when the pica stick and...
Don’t let shortcuts thwart quality content
Don’t let shortcuts thwart quality content Published Nov. 2, 2021 By Jim Pumarlo, Newspaper Consultant Many newsrooms, already strained by lean staffs, have seen resources exacerbated by the economic toll of the coronavirus. Circumstances have prompted editors and reporters to take shortcuts in gathering and publishing the everyday churn of...
Cut down on exclamation marks
Cut down on exclamation marks By John Foust, Advertising Trainer Lately I have noticed a disturbing trend in print and online advertising: the overuse of exclamation marks. They’re all over the place. Interestingly, no grammar book I have ever seen has suggested using more exclamation marks – or exclamation points...
Holy Cow!: Troubling Appeals Court Ruling Holds that Tweet Link May Be Libel, Though the Linked Article Is Not
Holy Cow!: Troubling Appeals Court Ruling Holds that Tweet Link May Be Libel, Though the Linked Article Is Not Published Oct. 2021 By Eric P. Robinson, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications You may have noticed that California Congressman Devin Nunes is in the news. If you’re interested in...
Catch more customers for your advertisers
Catch more customers for your advertisers By John Foust, Advertising Trainer My friends Mark and Sandy invited me to spend a couple of days in a vacation beach condo they had rented, about a month before their first child was born. Mark and I decided to do some fishing, so...
The ‘blue shirt’ won. Is that the best we can do?
The ‘blue shirt’ won. Is that the best we can do? Published Sept. 27, 2021 By Jim Pumarlo, Newspaper Consultant Local names and faces are the lifeblood of community newspaper content.There’s no better way to spotlight your readers than through photos. After all, “a picture is worth a thousand words”...