Post and Courier publisher retiring at end of year

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The editor and publisher of The Post and Courier of Charleston is planning to retire at the end of the year.

Bill Hawkins announced that he will retire at the end of 2012 after almost 44 years in the newspaper business.

Hawkins came to Charleston in 2005 as the executive editor of the newspaper and was named editor and publisher in 2009.

Hawkins began working as a journalist in 1968. He was a reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun and The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa.

Prior to joining The Post and Courier, Hawkins had been the executive editor of The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C., and vice president of the Durham Herald Co.

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Information from: The Post and Courier, http://www.postandcourier.com