Tabitha Safdi
Tabitha Safdi is the Senior Director of Audio and Digital Operations at South Carolina ETV and the U.S National Coordinator for INPUT. She loves experimenting with new ways to attract audiences by working strategically to cultivate and engage viewers to make a positive impact on their lives. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina and her master’s degree from Columbia College. She’s a Riley Fellow of the Diversity Leadership Initiative, is a graduate from Leadership Columbia’s Class of 2017, and is Past President of the Junior Women’s Club of Lake Murray.

Stories
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“Now it’s about trying to save lives”: Governor Haley, Saturday Morning
October 08, 2016“Don’t plan to go home today or tomorrow,” said Governor Haley urging all South Carolinians to say off the roads even as frustration may be setting in. The impact of the coastal areas overnight have been extreme rain and wind levels. Storm surge from the hurricane has been... -
Small Town Farm Taking Horse and Cattle Evacuations
October 07, 2016For Shelly Pound, it all started with a love of horses and a Facebook post. For the past few days she and her family have been helping folks from the Lowcountry bring their horses to her St. Matthews farm to protect them from Hurricane Matthew. Her motto, just to look out... -
Charleston Evacuee Talks Staying in a Shelter
October 07, 2016Adalberto Ruiz, a Charleston evacuee, is calling another place home tonight. He and his family are staying the night at a Red Cross Shelter in Columbia. The one thing he couldn't leave home without -- his birds -- who are doing well in the back of his van. -
Donations Coming in at Columbia Red Cross Shelter
October 07, 2016The Red Cross has set up at Dent Middle School. The Red Cross is using social media to inform locals of needs for the people displaced from Hurricane Matthew. -
SCE&G: ‘We Are Prepared to Respond to Hurricane Matthew’
October 07, 2016“I want to assure you, we are prepared.” That's what Keller Kissam, SCE&G president of retail operations, said about efforts by the company to prepare for Hurricane Matthew. The company has taken added measures to prepare in advance of the storm, securing an additional 250... -
“This is a Storm We Want to Take Seriously”: Governor Haley, Thursday Morning
October 06, 2016As evacuations for coastal counties south of Charleston continue, Governor Haley addressed South Carolinians in her fourth press conference concerning Hurricane Matthew. In reference to the I-26 lane reversal and evacuations out of Charleston, Haley said, “175,000 people...