From the editor: This team is bringing you daily news in multiple ways. Meet our staff
These are your Myrtle Beach Sun News reporters, they live and work to bring you stories about our community.
Each of these staffers lives and work right here in Myrtle Beach, showing up to work every day to tell you about the important developments in breaking news, crime, local government, education, business and more.
Our staff wants to hear from you! A big part of our work involves listening to the community. Got a news tip? Share it with online@thesunnews.com or reach any of our reporters below. You can also reach me at csegal@thesunnews.com.
Elizabeth Brewer, Government & Accountability reporter
What do you like most about your beat?
My favorite thing about my beat is holding truth to power.
How can we connect with you?
Please email me at ebrewer@thesunnews.com or call me at 828-237-1377
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
I love living where I can be embedded in a community so close to the ocean.
Why do you call the Myrtle Beach area home?
It’s home to me because of the connections I’ve made here.
What is your favorite spot in the Myrtle Beach area?
The Myrtle Beach State Park is my favorite place because you have a beach and trees.
Why did you join the Sun News?
I joined The Sun News because I am passionate about local journalism in Myrtle Beach. I believe the work we do impacts the everyday lives of people in our community and helps to keep them informed about what’s going on in their city.
What makes the Sun News special?
The Sun News is special because of the people who work here. In an ever-changing media climate, we still go out into the community, attend meetings and gatherings, and talk to people. All of us live here, work here, and are truly part of the community that we serve as journalists.
What’s a fun fact about you?
My first job was as a lifeguard and I swam competitively for nearly 20 years including as an NCAA athlete in college. Since joining The Sun News this past summer, I’ve covered negotiations between the City of Myrtle Beach and lifeguard franchisees in town, which I’ve been passionate about my whole life.
David Weissman, Investigative Projects Reporter
What do you like most about your beat?
Going down the rabbit hole on a topic I’m researching for a story to the point I become a pseudo-expert and am able to have intelligent conversations with sources that I can then turn into helpful and impactful information for our readers.
How can we connect with you?
Email me at dweissman@thesunnews.com or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @WeissmanMBO
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
Nice weather year-round and no snow.
Why did you join the Sun News?
I wanted the opportunity to advance in my career within investigative journalism in a great market as part of a passionate team.
What makes the Sun News special?
Everyone on staff really cares about improving this community and holding public leaders accountable, and the more experienced reporters are always willing to help the newer reporters improve on to meet those goals.
What’s a fun fact about you?
One of the first interviews I got to do as a high school journalist was with Alexa Vega, from Spy Kids, because she was marketing a new movie with a director who graduated from my high school.
Terri Richardson, Breaking News Editor
What do you like most about your beat?
I enjoy talking to people and sharing their stories, especially those that will help make a difference in the community. I like being first in breaking a story that is important to our readers and community.
How can we connect with you?
trichardson@thesunnews.com or 843-626-0212
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
Being a people watcher, I love the different people who are here. I also like that depending on where you live in Horry County, you are no more than 20 or 30 minutes from a beach. There are so many beaches to explore.
Why do you call the Myrtle Beach area home?
I have vacationed in Myrtle Beach for more than 40 years, since I was a child. My love for the area developed into a job opportunity where I not only get to continue my writing career but also shell any time I want.
What is your favorite spot in the Myrtle Beach area?
I love to set up my beach chair at The Point in Cherry Grove in North Myrtle Beach. However, I feel nostalgic every time I see the blue railroad bridge beside the Intracoastal Waterway bridge on US 501 because it was always a sign that I had made it to Myrtle Beach.
Why did you join the Sun News?
In addition to being able to move to South Carolina, my position has allowed me to return to my news roots, including covering police, crime and courts, and focusing on local news.
What makes the Sun News special?
The Sun News puts high importance on local news and is made up of a team of reporters and editors who love what they do. With its digital platform, readers have access to breaking news quickly and able to keep up with what’s happening in their community.
What’s a fun fact about you?
I hate sprinkles on cupcakes and doughnuts. (The rest of the staff loves sprinkles).
Maria Elena Scott, Service Journalism
What do you like most about your beat?
From answering reader questions to explaining local issues to spotlighting local organizations, service journalism focuses helping locals navigate daily life. I love that being a service journalist lets me be a resource in my community.
How can we connect with you?
mscott@thesunnews.com, @m_elena_scott on twitter
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
The interesting mix of people. Living in Myrtle Beach means meeting longtime locals, newer transplants and seasonal visitors.
Why do you call the Myrtle Beach area home?
I’m still pretty new to Myrtle Beach, but I love that the area feels at once like a small town, southern city and beach destination.
What is your favorite spot in the Myrtle Beach area?
Downtown Myrtle Beach by the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and Pier 14. It’s a great place to people watch and enjoy the beach.
Why did you join the Sun News?
To explore the Grand Strand and join an active, supportive newsroom.
What makes the Sun News special?
The collaborative newsroom is full of dedicated people. The staff doesn’t just cover a story and forget about it; they’re out and active in the Grand Strand community.
What’s a fun fact about you?
I grew up moving around and have lived in seven states.
Jason Lee, Visual Journalist
What do you like most about your beat?
My work gives me behind the scenes access to our community.
How can we connect with you?
jlee@thesunnews.com
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
Even though we live in a quickly growing area, each of our communities have their own authentic flavor and a history that I feel a connection to. Before we moved home, my wife and I would talk about how the closer we got to the beach, the more we relaxed we would feel. Driving across a waterway bridge was always a sigh of relief. It still is.
Why do you call the Myrtle Beach area home?
I was raised in Conway, SC and am proud to be a native of Horry County. I’ve had the opportunity to travel the world with my cameras, but my long term goal was always to return home and help tell the stories of my home town.
What is your favorite spot in the Myrtle Beach area?
I’m drawn to the salt marshes on either end of the Grand Strand. Most of my free time is spent playing with my kids in the tidal creeks.
What makes the Sun News special?
The Sun News is my home newspaper. I grew up interested in journalism, reading The Sun News and following the careers of all the photographers. I always hoped to one day work to document this community.
What’s a fun fact about you?
I once spent a week living with and documenting a native tribe in the jungle of Panama.
Ben Morse, Retail & Leisure Reporter
What do you like most about your beat?
I really enjoy reporting exclusive stories on the local tourism economy, business and real estate community, golf industry and Coastal Carolina football team. Working in in-depth journalism has always been my passion, and I love learning new subjects and reporting about them. I’ve had the opportunity to report on massive new development projects, the future of our capstone vacation property, Broadway at the Beach, and the history of nightlife culture in the Myrtle Beach area. The Sun News also provides me, as a reporter, the opportunity to cover so many exciting topics in a digital format and collaborate with others in the newsroom to help immerse our readers in new experiences happening in our community. In my more than a year here, I’ve had the chance to report on many different subjects. I’ve covered a PGA Tour tournament, the World’s Strongest Man Contest, two elections and an entire college football season. There’s always something exciting to report on, and I love covering these stories.
How can we connect with you?
Phone: (704) 358-5020 Twitter: @Benmorse01
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
While I enjoy the bustle of the Myrtle Beach area, my favorite thing about the Grand Strand is there are so many tranquil places I can go that showcase the natural beauty of the Lowcountry environment.
Why do you call the Myrtle Beach area home?
I call the Myrtle Beach area home because it allowed me to pursue my dream of being a journalist and a sports reporter covering college football.
Why did you join the Sun News?
I previously worked at The Sun News’ sister publication, The Island Packet, as an intern reporter covering the Hilton Head Island government during the 2022 summer before my senior year in college. I really enjoyed the experience of working at The Packet and living in South Carolina. As my senior year progressed, I hoped there’d be an opportunity to return to South Carolina and again. When searching for a job before graduation, my former editor at The Island Packet reached out and told me about a job opening in Myrtle Beach at The Sun News covering the Grand Strand economy, tourism, golf and CCU sports. The chance to return to Palmetto State and become a business journalist, combined with the chance to pursue my dream of being a sports reporter, was an excellent opportunity I couldn’t pass up.
What makes the Sun News special?
From my experience as a reporter, I appreciate The Sun News’ commitment to providing in-depth stories to our community, reporting exclusive stories and covering the growing Grand Strand area. The news team always strives to report complex stories and highlight important subjects to the residents of the Myrtle Beach area. At the beginning of my career in journalism, I’ve appreciated being in a newsroom that expects its reporters to cover such a diverse range of subjects in such an in-depth fashion. The Sun News grants reporters these crucial responsibilities, and I am proud to be a part of this newsroom.
What’s a fun fact about you?
I’m learning how to play piano and tennis.
Chris Segal, Senior Editor
What do you like most about your beat?
I love being a journalist because I learn something new almost every day. I also enjoy working with reporters to help them craft stories that have the potential to make a significant difference in our community.
How can we connect with you?
csegal@thesunnews.com, (843) 626-0217
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
I preach that the Myrtle Beach area is one of the best East Coast beach destinations for visitors and locals alike. I love the long stretch of beaches and waterway, but also all the restaurants and activities that come along with being a top tourism destination. I have lived in several beach communities, and Myrtle Beach has a wonderful mix of events, attractions, food, and a great lifestyle that make this area great to call home.
What is your favorite spot in the Myrtle Beach area?
My two favorite spots are Brookgreen Gardens and my neighborhood. I started volunteering last year at the garden to get out, meet new people and spend some time in nature. I have met so many outstanding staff members, volunteer and guests during my time working at various events and just strolling the gardens on the weekends. I also love my neighborhood in Market Common because everyone moved in around the same time with the new construction. Everyone has been so friendly and helpful. All my neighbors made a conscious decision to move here and they say regularly, “it’s another wonderful day in the Myrtle”. Our neighbors in Market Common have become a second family, and our old rescue dog, Jack, loves walking the streets to greet his human friends and get treats.
Why did you join the Sun News?
I joined the Sun News because I love community journalism. I have lived and worked in big and smaller cities. Myrtle Beach is a wonderful size for great local journalism, and the stories we produce can hold people accountable, uplift those with great stories, and show all sides of living in this community. I wanted to be part of the Sun News team to continue the tradition of great local journalism at the beach and help grow our digital audience.
What makes the Sun News special?
The Sun News is not the print product in your mailbox or the grocery store. It is a combination of reporters, editors, advertising specialists, support staff, and other leaders who are diverse, caring, and driven to provide readers with the facts and grow with the community. Everyone on staff is here because this is where they want to be, and that makes for a fun and happy group of peers.
What’s a fun fact about you?
My older sister and I are complete opposites in every way. We never got along and have very little in common. As we have grown and hopefully matured, we now enjoy a healthy sibling relationship, which proves that time and understanding make anything possible.
Emalyn Muzzy, Breaking News
What do you like most about your beat?
I like the fast-paced nature of breaking news and never knowing what I might write that day. I also like that I disseminate information to the public on current, high-profile situations, such as shootings.
How can we connect with you?
Email me at emuzzy@thesunnews.com
What is your favorite thing about the Myrtle Beach area?
There’s always something to do. I’m more of a city person so moving to a town of roughly 30,000 people made me nervous but I can always find something fun to do, even in the off-season.
What is your favorite spot in the Myrtle Beach area?
The inlet of Cherry Grove. Our photojournalist Jason Lee is kind enough to let me borrow his kayaks and paddle around the water. I especially love getting lost in the channels behind Waites Island and watching the wildlife.
Why did you join the Sun News?
The Sun News likes to bring in new journalists and help guide them through their first few years as a reporter. As a recent college grad, I appreciate the support I get from my editors.
What makes the Sun News special?
The tight-knit nature of the newsroom. We are able to work remotely but we all often work together in the office by choice.
What’s a fun fact about you?
I can give you an obnoxious number of fun facts about the Twilight saga.
