Jordan Lawrence
@jorlaw.bsky.social
Post and Courier Columbia editor. Tar Heel. Past lives: The State newspaper, Lexington County Chronicle.
Big Thief’s Double Infinity is the best Kurt Vile album.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Big Thief’s Double Infinity is the best Kurt Vile album.
Extremely proud of the work the team at Post and Courier Columbia has put out in my first month here. All of it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Extremely proud of the work the team at Post and Courier Columbia has put out in my first month here. All of it.
Your soup can be 10% less satisfying than I'm counting on if you load me down with oyster crackers.
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Your soup can be 10% less satisfying than I'm counting on if you load me down with oyster crackers.
Album of the year? bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygia...
Stygian Bough: Volume II, by BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN
4 track album
bellwitch.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Album of the year? bellwitch.bandcamp.com/album/stygia...
A team needs a leader, Bill.
And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
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And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A team needs a leader, Bill.
And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
apnews.com/article/nort...
And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.
apnews.com/article/nort...
The Tar Heel vibe tonight.
a man in a suit and tie is saying " please god just let this end "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying " please god just let this end "
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November 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The Tar Heel vibe tonight.
Happy leftovers day from this banging lentil Wellington
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy leftovers day from this banging lentil Wellington
Increasingly convinced Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album since The Life of the World to Come (2009). themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, by the Mountain Goats
12 track album
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Increasingly convinced Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album since The Life of the World to Come (2009). themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
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Columbia nonprofit Homeless No More has dozens of housing units under construction or in development across the Midlands, a decade after endeavoring to build affordable housing to meet the region’s shortage.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
Columbia hopes 100 new housing units will help battle homelessness, revive struggling neighborhood
Homeless No More, a Columbia, SC, nonprofit operating an emergency shelter for homeless families, is a decade in to a pursuit to build affordable housing.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Columbia nonprofit Homeless No More has dozens of housing units under construction or in development across the Midlands, a decade after endeavoring to build affordable housing to meet the region’s shortage.
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
My first Free Times live review in a long time reflects on a weekend when Columbia felt like it took a step forward. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/l...
Live Review: Finlay Park reopening, Jam Room Music Festival gave Columbia reason to be proud
Read a live review of the music festivals that took over Columbia, SC Finlay Park during its reopening weekend following $25 million renovation.
www.postandcourier.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My first Free Times live review in a long time reflects on a weekend when Columbia felt like it took a step forward. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/l...
Legends never die.
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Legends never die.
So many variations of the same very correct sentiment here, all of them so good to read right now: Lisa Willis WAS Free Times.
She was the best, and I'll miss her.
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She was the best, and I'll miss her.
www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...
‘The keeper of the vibe’: Remembering Lisa Willis, the heart and soul of Free Times for 31 years
A 30-year veteran of Free Times, Lisa Willis passed away Oct. 29, 2025. She’s remembered for her hard work, dedication and relentlessly funny and social spirit.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So many variations of the same very correct sentiment here, all of them so good to read right now: Lisa Willis WAS Free Times.
She was the best, and I'll miss her.
www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...
She was the best, and I'll miss her.
www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...
Time for the personal news.
Feeling incredibly lucky to keep doing the work I love in a city I love. Columbi-YEAH.
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Feeling incredibly lucky to keep doing the work I love in a city I love. Columbi-YEAH.
www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...
Jordan Lawrence named Columbia editor of The Post and Courier
A seasoned journalist with over a decade of experience, Jordan Lawrence said he is excited to continue his work covering Columbia and the SC Midlands.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Time for the personal news.
Feeling incredibly lucky to keep doing the work I love in a city I love. Columbi-YEAH.
www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...
Feeling incredibly lucky to keep doing the work I love in a city I love. Columbi-YEAH.
www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...
Today was my last day with The State newspaper. Next stop to be announced soon (I’m not going far).
Working for The State, as a reporter and then an editor, was one of my most fulfilling experiences in journalism.
Working for The State, as a reporter and then an editor, was one of my most fulfilling experiences in journalism.
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Today was my last day with The State newspaper. Next stop to be announced soon (I’m not going far).
Working for The State, as a reporter and then an editor, was one of my most fulfilling experiences in journalism.
Working for The State, as a reporter and then an editor, was one of my most fulfilling experiences in journalism.
So here it is, my old-man-est tweet to date:
I maybe think Sloan put out the best album of the year.
sloanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/based-...
I maybe think Sloan put out the best album of the year.
sloanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/based-...
Based on the Best Seller, by Sloan
12 track album
sloanmusic.bandcamp.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So here it is, my old-man-est tweet to date:
I maybe think Sloan put out the best album of the year.
sloanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/based-...
I maybe think Sloan put out the best album of the year.
sloanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/based-...
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
Columbia says paying the verdict would impact “its ability to provide essential public services.”
Columbia ordered to pay former car wash nearly $6M. Will it mean city cuts?
Columbia says paying the verdict would impact “its ability to provide essential public services.”
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October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Columbia says paying the verdict would impact “its ability to provide essential public services.”
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Join The State reporters at The Tent Coffee Shop in Lexington, SC, on Oct. 10 to discuss local news coverage, growth and other issues. https://bit.ly/4pJLBrO?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=b1249635-cbcc-4e27-a25c-3c2e73f27210&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Join The State reporters at The Tent Coffee Shop in Lexington, SC, on Oct. 10 to discuss local news coverage, growth and other issues. https://bit.ly/4pJLBrO?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=b1249635-cbcc-4e27-a25c-3c2e73f27210&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Hey Lexington, we want to hear what you want from your local news. Come on out to talk to @thestate.com reporters covering your community next Friday, Oct. 10! www.thestate.com/news/local/a...
Meet us for another Coffeehouse Conversation. Share your ideas in Lexington
We want to hear from you. Share your story ideas with us in one of the Midlands’ quickly growing towns.
www.thestate.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey Lexington, we want to hear what you want from your local news. Come on out to talk to @thestate.com reporters covering your community next Friday, Oct. 10! www.thestate.com/news/local/a...
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The city of Cayce paid a communications firm more than $26,000 for a campaign to promote its police department after a reporter’s public records request ignited concerns from city officials about a negative news story from those documents.
Read the full story: bit.ly/46Avns8
Read the full story: bit.ly/46Avns8
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The city of Cayce paid a communications firm more than $26,000 for a campaign to promote its police department after a reporter’s public records request ignited concerns from city officials about a negative news story from those documents.
Read the full story: bit.ly/46Avns8
Read the full story: bit.ly/46Avns8
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
SC Republicans who called for Clemson University employees to be fired have previously championed free speech.
SC Republicans called to fire over Kirk posts. What they say about free speech
SC Republicans who called for Clemson University employees to be fired have previously championed free speech.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
SC Republicans who called for Clemson University employees to be fired have previously championed free speech.
Always nice when your buds have a genuinely ripping band. @doomsdayprofit.bsky.social have a new album, and it's the sludgy end times soundtrack you've been looking for. doomsdayprofit.bandcamp.com/album/doomsd...
Doomsday Profit, by Doomsday Profit
9 track album
doomsdayprofit.bandcamp.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Always nice when your buds have a genuinely ripping band. @doomsdayprofit.bsky.social have a new album, and it's the sludgy end times soundtrack you've been looking for. doomsdayprofit.bandcamp.com/album/doomsd...
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More SC church breakup news. This time it's a 140-year-old Columbia Lutheran church looking to break away from the national denomination. www.thestate.com/living/relig...
Columbia church votes to leave its denomination. Bishop blames ‘misinformation’
Why most members of a 140-year-old South Carolina church are considering changing their affiliation.
www.thestate.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
More SC church breakup news. This time it's a 140-year-old Columbia Lutheran church looking to break away from the national denomination. www.thestate.com/living/relig...
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Why are the children of a public school board chair going to a private school? And is that a problem? www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
She chairs a public Midlands school board. Her kids are going to private school
Why a public school official in the Columbia area decided to send her children to a private school out of the district.
www.thestate.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Why are the children of a public school board chair going to a private school? And is that a problem? www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
I moved to Columbia in December 2013. Tonight, I go to my first Gamecock home football game.
a woman in a green dress is standing in front of a window and says `` hello , i live here . ''
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September 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I moved to Columbia in December 2013. Tonight, I go to my first Gamecock home football game.