The Item
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format |
Broadsheet Online |
Owner(s) | Osteen Publishing Co. |
Publisher | Vince Johnson |
Editor | Vince Johnson (editor) |
Founded | Oct. 15, 1894 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 20 N. Magnolia St., Sumter, SC, United States |
Circulation | approximately 20,000[1] |
Website | TheItem.com |
The Item, formerly known as The Sumter Daily Item and The Daily Item, is an independent, morning newspaper published in Sumter, South Carolina, by Osteen Publishing Company. It has a circulation of approximately 20,000.[1]
History
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 Watchmen and Southron (a merger of Sumter Watchman and True Southron).[3] 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
Newsroom
CONTENT TEAM:
- News Editor Rhonda Carrick
- 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
References
- 1 2
- 1 2 "History of The Item and Osteen Publishing Co". Osteen Publishing Co. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ↑ "Library of Congress". Retrieved August 4, 2011.