Staff
- Publisher: Jim Yarbrough - Oversees daily operation of all aspects of the newspaper, from financial matters to employment and occasional editorial decisions.
- Editor: Matt Comer - Oversees all editorial decisions, writes editorial material, oversees production and New Media/website operations. Comer was hired October 1, 2007, at the age of 21. He is the youngest person to ever hold the position at the paper.
- Associate Editor: David Stout - Oversees music, film and lifestyles materials. Assists in making editorial decisions. Stout was hired as editor in the early 1990s, at the age of 22. At that time, Stout was the youngest-ever editor at the paper.
- Production Director/Special Assignments Writer: Lainey Millen - Oversees physical layout of the paper, graphic design and writes occasionally for special projects, North Carolina news briefs and in-depth reports.
Occasionally, interns also assist the paper in its various functions.
The paper has several regularly contributing freelance writers and columnists.
Contributing news writers and columnists from the Carolinas have included Ryan Wilson, president of the S.C. Pride Movement; Jeff Olson, Samantha Korb, Robbi Cohn, a transgender activist; Gareth Fenley, a former CNN journalist living in Columbia and others.
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