Gabe Whisnant named interim editor of Gannett's South Carolina newsrooms

Gabe Whisnant

Gabe Whisnant has been named interim editor of the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in South Carolina. Whisnant replaces Elizabeth Walters, who left her position Friday, Nov. 25. 

Whisnant has been news director for the Greenville News, Anderson Independent Mail and Spartanburg Herald Journal since September. Prior to that, he was the news director for the Herald Journal. 

In his new position, Whisnant will oversee operations in Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and Bluffton in South Carolina.  

Walters, who has been named audience development editor at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, had been interim editor of the Upstate newsrooms since September.  

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