Discover Top Copy Editors in Columbia, South Carolina, USA

After 20 years in newsrooms along the East Coast—as a reporter, story editor, copy editor, designer, and homepage editor—Diana D'Abruzzo decided in September 2018 to focus full time on freelance work. She primarily copy edits and writes but is also a soup-to-nuts journalist with production experience who can take the whole project off your hands and write, design, and edit your organization’s published materials.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor

I'm a writer. And a rewriter. Shaping stories has been a lifelong love. My feature stories for outlets such as The Charlotte Observer, Business North Carolina and SouthPark Magazine often focus on arts and culture, travel, healthcare and real people with remarkable, but relatable, stories. I'm a fan of brevity and candor and a crusader against corporate jargon.

• Copywriter
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Digital Content Creator

Daniel Hartis is the author of “Charlotte Beer: A History of Brewing in the Queen City” and “Beer Lover’s The Carolinas.” He writes about the local beer scene for the Charlotte Observer and has been published in All About Beer Magazine, Beer Advocate, The Beer Connoisseur, Craft Beer and Brewing, The Local Palate, Our State, Food Republic and Paste Magazine.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Content Strategist

I am a freelance photojournalist who has worked in the field for seven years. Once I started freelancing in 2017 I started working in production for commercial shoots in Charlotte. I still regularly freelance for news outlets and I am always out shooting projects. I always love a new challenge!

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Grip
• Production Assistant
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Commercial DP

I love the news, television, and serving our communities by digging for the truth and giving people accurate information about events and issues. It’s so, they can make informed decisions. I’m a big fan of the Scripps-Howard motto: “Give light and the people will find their own way.” I’m an Emmy Award winning news anchor/reporter, most recently for WGCL-TV in Atlanta. I love taking viewers through breaking news and field anchoring. As a proven ratings-getter, I’ve been blessed to have worked with fantastic producers and love working together to craft an informative, energetic, rockin’ newscast. On the road, I‘ve covered hurricanes and presidential campaigns; and especially enjoy producing in-depth reports. My career in journalism started at The University of Maryland at College Park. To pay my way through college, I worked as a news aide for The Washington Post, and as a production assistant for WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C. I’ve worked for television stations in Dayton, Cleveland, Raleigh, Houston, Orlando and Washington, D.C. Community involvement is very important to me. I serve on the volunteer board of CAPN Clinics, a charity of medical professionals who provide free care to people who are homeless and families in crisis in Atlanta. I’ve been an after-school tutor for disadvantaged students in D.C., a career day speaker for numerous middle schools and high schools; and an instructor for college students for the NABJ Broadcast Short Course at North Carolina A&T State University. Right now, I also mentor several college journalism students. I’m proud of my work in Houston and in Cleveland, hosting a series of reports on adoption; helping to move kids from foster care, to permanent loving homes. I’ve been featured in newscaster roles for the TBS comedy series “Miracle Workers”, the HBO series “The Outsider”, The Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Greenleaf”; also movies “Brightburn”, “Shaft”, and “Noelle.” Journalism isn’t my only professional passion, I’ve also earned real estate licenses from the states of Maryland, Georgia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Reporter / Journalist
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Audio Storyteller
• Copy Editor

I'm a communications specialist with 15+ years of experience in print and digital news and advertising, as well as with agencies and nonprofits. I currently work as a senior communications specialist at the NC Justice Center, an advocacy nonprofit that works on behalf of low-income residents. Past: I'm an award-winning former editor and designer with strong project management experience and client collaboration skills. I was the driving force behind starting 1808: Greensboro's Magazine, a city magazine with 45,000+ monthly circulation. I also have a strong interest in web accessibility and usability.

• Copy Editor
• Content Strategist
• Senior Editor
• Reporter / Journalist

I have covered sports for 20 years on a freelance basis, including the Chicago Cubs and White Sox for three years and the Chicago Bulls for 15 years. I have conducted countless interviews with players, coaches, managers, GM's, and more. I have written for Bleacher Report, The Heckler, and Cubs Vine Line Magazine, as well as covering high school basketball for the Chicago Sun-Times, and recently doing restaurant reviews and news stories for the Queen City Nerve in Charlotte.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor

Retired from a 25 year journalism career in 2020 to pursue cattle ranching. Finding no cows native to South End I turned my focus to freelance writing, design and editing. I’m happy to help with projects until I get my hands on a few cows. HMU at x.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Art Director
• Graphic Designer
• Typographer
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor

Molly Ruggere is a freelance writer, copywriter/editor, PR consultant, certified life coach and founder of Counterculture Club, an alcohol-free social community that offers events, membership and coaching.

• Copy Editor
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Digital Content Creator

Writer, editor and adventurist whose work concentrates on marginalized voices and intersectional convergence. Her work has appeared in the Courier, The Crisis, Charlotte Observer and Our State magazine.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Copywriter
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host

I worked as a sports reporter for 10 years, mostly in North Carolina, and continue working as a freelancer. For my last year of full-time work at the Winston-Salem Journal, I won an APSE top-10 beat writing honor.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor

Freelance writer--focused on travel, lifestyle

• Reporter / Journalist
• Social Media Producer
• Copy Editor

• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Translator
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Creative Director
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• TV News Producer
• Social Media Producer
• Digital Content Creator
• Production Assistant
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Audio Storyteller

• Senior Editor
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• On-Camera Talent
• Copy Editor
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

Specializes in journalistic and institutional storytelling about science and research

• Reporter / Journalist
• Content Strategist
• Digital Content Creator
• Copy Editor

• Reporter / Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Digital Content Creator
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor

• Copy Editor
• Typographer
• Graphic Designer

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Senior Editor

• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor
• Social Media Producer

• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Colorist
• Copy Editor