Thelisha Eaddy
Thelisha Eaddy is the local Morning Edition host for SC Public Radio. Eaddy joined SC Public Radio’s team of reporters in 2015 to cover the long-term recovery of the historic flood in Columbia. Since that time, she has continued covering top news stories for the network. In addition to her on-air reporting, Eaddy can be seen on other South Carolina ETV programming, reporting live coverage of elections and providing analysis during Governor Inaugurations, moderating debates, and hosting the program Palmetto Perspectives. In 2019, Eaddy also produced The Road We Trod, a one-hour special on South Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and their impact on history and the economy.
A native of the South Carolina Lowcountry, Eaddy’s first broadcast job was in her hometown of Saint Stephen. She studied at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and learned valuable behind-the-scenes radio and TV broadcasting skills at Trident Technical College in Charleston.
Eaddy is an award-winning, multimedia journalist, receiving the 2009 South Carolina Broadcasters Association Radio Reporter of the Year award and several Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas awards for her reporting.
Eaddy hosts Morning Edition locally for SC Public Radio and can be heard each Monday through Friday from 6 - 9 a.m. Eaddy’s morning news can also be heard on the SC Public Radio website, Facebook and X page.
Stories
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In a community prone to flooding, now sits the South’s first environmental justice training center
May 02, 2023At the end of a gravel-covered dirt road in Marion County is where you will find what’s being called the South’s first environmental justice training center. On the 7.5 acres are hydro panels that pull moisture out of the air, to provide clean water; a greenhouse to grow... -
After an unexpected diagnosis, a Rock Hill family works to help heart patients
April 11, 2023Five years ago, Rock Hill couple Eric and Tia Brown were expecting their first child. Around 20 weeks, during their anatomy scan appointment, the first-time parents learned their unborn baby girl had Hypoplastic left heart syndrome or HLHS. The condition affects normal blood... -
Author, Preservationist and State Rep. Compete for Dem. Nomination for US Senate
June 27, 2022Tuesday, South Carolina's primaries will end with one of only two statewide runoffs determining who will challenge Republican incumbent Senator Tim Scott for the opportunity to represent the state in the U.S. Senate. Author and preservationist Catherine Fleming Bruce... -
With Primaries in Rear View, Cunningham Looks to Make Political Comeback for Self, Party
June 15, 2022During his acceptance speech at the iconic Music Farm in Charleston, Cunningham thanked family, supporters, and opponents, thanking State Senator Mia Mcleod for putting herself forward to run and for a “spirited debate,” but quickly acknowledge the political pivot needed to... -
Data Shows Healthiest, Least Healthy Counties in South Carolina
May 03, 2022New County health rankings data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute puts Beaufort County as the healthiest county in South Carolina and Dillon County, the least healthy. For more than a decade, the Rankings’ data along with evidence, guidance and... -
Interfaith Group Prepares to Ask Officials to Act on Housing, Gun Violence Issues
March 24, 2022Earlier this month, members of the interfaith organization Midlands Organized Response for Equity and Justice (MORE Justice) met at Reid Chapel AME Church in Columbia to rally ahead of its annual conference, The Nehemiah Action Assembly. Socially distanced and wearing...