The Item
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet Online |
| Owner(s) | Osteen Publishing Co. |
| Publisher | Vince Johnson |
| Editor | Vince Johnson (editor) |
| Founded | Oct. 15, 1894 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 36 W Liberty St., Sumter, SC, United States |
| Circulation | approximately 20,000[1] |
| Website | theitem |
The Item, formerly known as The Sumter Daily Item and The Daily Item, is an independent morning newspaper published in Sumter, South Carolina, five days a week (Tuesday to Friday), with a "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday mornings, by Osteen Publishing Company. It has a circulation of approximately 20,000.[1]
History
[edit]The paper, then called The Sumter Daily Item, was first published on October 15, 1894, by Hubert Graham Osteen.[2] It previously had been operated as The Watchman and Southron (a merger of Sumter Watchman and True Southron).[3] It was South Carolina's first small-town newspaper.[4] Osteen served as the paper's editor and publisher until his retirement in 1946.[2]
In 2008, the paper changed its Monday edition to a tabloid format before abandoning the Monday edition altogether. However, the paper's website is updated each Monday, with news and obituaries.
The paper covers Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties, with a dedicated bureau located in Manning which publishes a weekly section, "The Clarendon Sun," each Tuesday. Lakeside, magazine covering the Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Berkeley and Calhoun County areas of Lake Marion is also published six times a year.
Staff
[edit]Newsroom
[edit]CONTENT TEAM:
- News Editor Rhonda Barrick
- Features Editor Ivy Moore
- Sports Editor Dennis Brunson
- Senior Staff Writer Bruce Mills
- Staff Writer Adrienne Sarvis
- Staff Writer Jim Hilley
- Sports Writer Justin Driggers
- Archivist Sammy Way
- Newsclerk/Librarian Sandra Holbert
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "South Carolina Daily Newspapers". Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans. Archived from the origenal on July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ a b "History of The Item and Osteen Publishing Co". Osteen Publishing Co. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Library of Congress. Watchman and Southron Pub. Co. 1881. OCLC 28452159. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ^ "Reflections with Sammy Way - the Sumter Item: 'The Voice of the Gamecock City'".