About the Forum

The South Carolina FORUM is a nonprofit organization of community activists with a wide range of issue areas and journalists working to communicate ideas to the public and stimulate policy debate by tapping into the power of the media.

Over the years, editors have come to recognize the South Carolina FORUM for well-written, well-researched, and thought-provoking commentary on topics including predatory lending , truancy prevention , global warming , educational equity .

On average, media packets reach 375,000 households through print and 800,000 listeners and viewers through the broadcast media. Commentary from the South Carolina FORUM regularly appear in Columbia State (circ. 126,000) , York Observer (circ. 55,000) , Hilton Head Island Packet (circ. 17,500) , Orangeburg Times and Democrat (circ. 17,480) , Greenwood Index-Journal (circ. 16,800) , Lancaster News (circ. 13,000) , Newberry Observer (circ. 13,000) , Beaufort Gazette (circ. 10,000) , Pawley's Island Coastal Observer (circ. 4,400) , Blacksburg Times (circ. 2,500) . Forum materials also receive significant local use/coverage by broadcast media throughout the state.