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Charleston City Paper is a weekly independent newspaper printed every Friday and updated daily online in Charleston, S.C., by City Paper Publishing, LLC.

Independent, local and free since 1997, the Charleston City Paper offers award-winning news coverage that helps readers to better understand the communities in which they live. The newspaper offers dynamic coverage of the Lowcountry’s food, arts and music offerings as well as diverse reporting, editorials and cartoons that give insights into local controversies in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.

ADDRESSES

Office location: 480 East Bay St., Suite E, Charleston, SC 29403
Mailing address: P.O. Box 21942, Charleston, SC 29413
Phone: (843) 577-5304
Email: sales@charlestoncitypaper.com

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NEWS STAFF

Skyler Baldwin (news) joined the City Paper team in the early fall of 2019, rounding out the news staff before the pandemic turned the world upside-down. A graduate from the University of Central Oklahoma, he moved across the country to West Ashley before moving with his wife to Goose Creek in 2024, where they live with their two dogs.

Herb Frazier (news) is a Charleston-based author and former public relations director at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston. Before he joined Magnolia, Frazier edited and reported for five daily newspapers in the South, including his hometown paper, The Post and Courier. He was S.C. Journalist of the Year for the S.C. Press Association in 1990.

Vincent Harris (music) has been writing for the City Paper since 2015. He’s won multiple South Carolina Press Association awards, covered a couple of hundred national and local musicians and performers over the years, and we sent him to jail once. It was to cover a jazz concert, not, like, for a felony or anything.

Maura Hogan (arts and culture) has held staff positions at The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Inc. and Random House. She was a former arts critic at the Charleston Post and Courier. Her work has also appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Gourmet, Garden and Gun, and Charleston Magazine.

Becky Tanenbaum Lacey (cuisine) is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Bowdoin College (go Polar Bears!). She has lived in Charleston since 2011. A former professional chef and pro sports publicist, you can usually find her in the kitchen, reading or watching football with her husband Will when she’s not chasing her daughters or menagerie of animals. When not writing and editing for the City Paper, she is planning events for Ladybird Books, an independent bookstore in downtown Charleston.

Jack O’Toole (Statehouse news) covers state government and politics. Prior to joining the City Paper, he served as director of communications for the city of Charleston.

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

Andy Brack has a 35-year career in journalism. He is a graduate of Duke University with a master’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which may make you wonder which team he pulls for (neither, really). A former press secretary for a U.S. senator, he was named a “champion of change” by the Obama administration.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Ashley Stanol

CARTOONISTS

Robert Ariail, Steve Stegelin

CONTRIBUTORS

Kevin Young, Michael Pham, Helen Mitternight, Tiare Solis, Sydney Bollinger, Kyle Peterson, Stratton Lawrence, Stephanie Hunt, Liz Regalia.

LOCAL DISPLAY AND ONLINE ADVERTISING

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Cris Temples joined the City Paper’s advertising department in 2003, making him the senior employee at the newspaper. Promoted in 2023 to assistant publisher, he is a 1997 graduate of Clemson University where he received a bachelor’s degree in business management. He and his family live in West Ashley.

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

Ashley Frantz Smith has been with theCity Paper since 2008. She handles marketing and advertising campaigns that include print, digital, event sponsorships, social media, sponsored content and more. She enjoys being able to work with clients of all sizes and across many industries and seeing them succeed. She and her husband have two sons.

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

Kristin Byars has been with Charleston City Paper since 2020. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kristin and her family moved to the Charleston area in 2019 from North Carolina. She and her husband enjoy spending time with their boys and taking annual camping trips. Kristin has worked in advertising for more than 19 years.

Kate Robbins. A seasoned marketing professional since 2012, Kate joined the City Paper’s advertising department in 2024. She has a strong background in working with food and beverage clients as well as professional experience of the health and wellness industry. Her mission is to support local businesses to grow. She moved to the area in 2021 and lives in Park Circle with her teen son.

ADVERTISE

If you would like to advertise with the Charleston City Paper, please contact our advertising director, Cris Temples, via e-mail (cris@charlestoncitypaper.com), or phone (577-5304, ext. 127)

PRODUCTION

ART DIRECTOR

Scott Suchy has been head of production at Charleston City Paper since 2007. He oversees the publication’s print design, layout and imagery. He has won multiple industry awards during his tenure, including several honors for his illustration work.

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, DESIGNER

Christina Bailey has been working at the Charleston City Paper since 2018 in the production department as an ad and editorial designer. She has won several awards for her ad design from the South Carolina Press Association. She is an artist, cat mom and killer of house plants.

Ashleigh Keiser joined the Charleston City Paper in 2024. She is a graduate of Clemson University where she received her bachelor’s degree in graphic communications and minor in brand communications. She is an artist and lives in Mount Pleasant.