HCG writer featured in USC ad

Mae Frances Bing, a former college intern for The Hampton County Guardian and a current freelance contributor to the award-winning weekly newspaper, has been featured in an advertisement for the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications. 

The ad was recently published in the 2021 South Carolina Media Directory, an annual publication of the South Carolina Press Association. The SCPA distributes roughly 1,200 copies of the S.C. Media Directory throughout South Carolina and around the Southeast. The publication is also sent to every member newspaper, as well as ad agencies and other organizations. 

Bing is a native of Varnville, SC., and the daughter of Joe and Sarah Eady Bing. She is a proud graduate of Wade Hampton High School, Class of 2016. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of South Carolina - Salkehatchie, where she received her Associate of Arts in 2018.

After graduating, she transferred to the University of South Carolina, where she received her Bachelor of Arts of Journalism and Mass Communication in May of 2020. During the summer of her junior year of college, she interned with The Hampton County Guardian.

"During my internship, I learned the meaning of community journalism thanks to the amazing editor, Michael Dewitt," Bing said. "That experience gifted me with the opportunity  to be a correspondent with The Guardian. I’m also thankful to represent The University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The tools I’ve gained during my two years with the journalism school made me an extraordinary journalist.  I’m planning to do so much more with my skills in the near future."