The News Reporter was founded in 1896 to serve Columbus County. It is the media of record for Columbus, North Carolinas third largest county in acreage.The News Reporter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for its expose of Ku Klux Klan activities in Columbus County.The Thompson and High families have owned the paper since 1938. After Publisher Leslie S. Thompsons untimely death in 1959, his soninlaw, James C. High, became publisher and retains that post today.The paper has continued to grow each year and has won numerous national and state press awards. It is annually considered one of the top community papers in North Carolina. It is also one of a few familyowned newspapers left in the United States.Based in the county seat of Whiteville, The News Reporter is published on Mondays and Thursdays with a circulation of 10,000. The paper has a news staff of six reporters, one photographer and a sports editor. Leslie T. High is the manager editor, Clara Cartette is the news editor, and Mickey Greer is advertising manager.

Address: 127 W. Columbus St. Whiteville, NC 28472
Telephone: (910) 642-4104
Fax: (910) 642-1856
Website: http://www.whiteville.com/