Patricia M. Edwards has been named group publisher for Civitas Media’s properties in South Carolina, including The Easley (S.C.) Progress and The Pickens (S.C.) Sentinel.
Edwards also will take on the group publisher role for The Union (S.C.) Times, The Newberry (S.C.) Observer and The Herald Independent in Winnsboro. She will have oversight of the publications’ editorial, advertising and circulation operations within the group.
Edwards has more than 25 years of experience in the newspaper industry with privately held publishing companies in South Carolina and Georgia, with Sun Coast Media Group in Florida, and CNHI, where she served as an editor in Georgia and a publisher in North Carolina during a 12 year tenure.
She began her newspaper career in 1990 as an intern at The Index-Journal in Greenwood, S.C. She has since worked as a reporter, photographer, editor, page designer and publisher for daily and weekly publications. She joined Civitas Media in August 2012 as a general manager and regional editor for Civitas Media’s properties in South Carolina.
Her career has been spent with papers that are deeply invested in their communities, both in content and advertising, which gives her a unique understanding of the industry as it evolves.
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