Authors
Discover the voices behind the content, each sharing unique insights and expertise.
Jimmy Farrell
Jimmy Farrell spent 31 years making deals in commercial real estate — retail leasing, redevelopment, the whole DC grind. Then Charleston happened. He and his wife Kim traded the Beltway for the Lowcountry, built The Farrell Group, and never looked back. Over a career spanning both markets, he's closed 725+ deals and nearly $1.2 billion in real estate. The zip codes changed. The standards didn't. In 2024, he launched CHS Happenings — a weekly newsletter covering the city he loves, with 10,000+ subscribers who actually open it. He lives in Mount Pleasant, runs too many miles, and is probably thinking about Charleston right now.
Hanna Raskin
Hanna Raskin, who received a Substack Local grant to launch The Food Section, was formerly the food editor and chief critic for The Post and Courier. Here’s a sampling of her work at the paper. During Raskin’s eight-year tenure, she was nominated for four James Beard Foundation awards, winning the organization’s first-ever prize for local impact journalism. Her work has also been recognized by the Society of Features Journalism, National Center on Disability and Journalism, and the South Carolina Press Association, which in 2018 named her the state’s top beat reporter. Raskin served as president of Association of Food Journalists and headed its ethics committee. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina, but is frequently on the road (or the rails) in the South.
