Editing The State (newspaper) (section)

== Background ==
Its news staff was a [[Pulitzer Prize]] finalist in [[Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting|general news reporting]] for its [[Hurricane Hugo]] coverage in 1989. Its cartoonist, [[Robert Ariail]], was a Pulitzer finalist in 1995 and 2000. Reporter Gina Smith and current projects editor broke the [[Mark Sanford's disappearance and extramarital affair|Mark Sanford scandal]] story on June 24, 2009, when she interviewed Sanford at [[Atlanta Hartsfield Airport]] as he returned from [[Argentina]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Sanford admits affair: 'I've let down a lot of people' - Sanford - The State |url=http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839231.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626065707/http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/839231.html |archive-date=2009-06-26 }}</ref>

According to the newspaper's Web site, it has 440 full-time employees and another 31 who work part-time, not including an on-premises "McClatchy Customer Care Center for subscriber assistance." ''The State'' has a {{convert|260000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building completed in 1988, {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} south of downtown.<ref name="about" />

In 2017, the McClatchy Company listed the State's Columbia headquarters building for sale for $17,000,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CBRE, Inc. - 1401 Shop Rd, Columbia, SC|url=http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/tmplengine/ListingProfilePage.aspx?LID=6518541&STID=cbre|access-date=2017-10-28|website=www.loopnet.com|archive-date=2017-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028144804/http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/Looplink/tmplengine/ListingProfilePage.aspx?LID=6518541&STID=cbre|url-status=live}}</ref>