Allyson Bird covers the port industry, tourism and general business issues. She graduated from the University of South Carolina and most recently was a reporter with The Palm Beach Post.

Business editor John P. McDermott has covered multiple business beats, with specialties in real estate and economic development, since he joined The Post and Courier staff in 1993. He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii and previously worked for the San Diego Union, the Honolulu Advertiser, Pacific Business News and the Washington (D.C.) Business Journal.

Katy Stech Katy Stech covers the port industry, tourism and general business issues. She graduated from the University of South Carolina and most recently was a reporter with The Palm Beach Post.

Warren Wise focuses on utilities, the retail sector and general business assignments. Wise, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, joined The Post and Courier in 1997 and has covered Berkeley County, North Charleston, Santee Cooper, the General Assembly and state government. Wise started his career in Darlington as a general assignments reporter with a focus on city and county government before being named editor. He later became managing editor at The Easley Progress in Easley before joining The Post and Courier. A South Carolina native, Wise has won more than three dozen local, state and national awards for excellence in journalism, including Journalist of the Year in South Carolina five times.