Trudi Gilfillian is now the opinion editor for McClatchy’s South Carolina papers, including The State Newspaper and The Sun News.
She also provides mentorship to early-career journalists at Report for America. She was also director of communications at NJ Business Action Center and assistant director of journalism at Oregon State University.
She was also a news adviser at The Daily Collegian, the student-run newspaper at Pennsylvania State University. She was also a staff writer and weekend editor at The Press of Atlantic City. She was also a city columnist/city reporter at The Courier, Conroe Texas.
She has also reported for Princeton Packet publications and written for Times-Beacon Newspapers.
Gilfillian graduated from Texas A&M University.