Meet The Press
Debbie Redden van Tuyll
Editor
Debbie Reddin van Tuyll is an award winning journalist who has experience covering government, courts, law enforcement, and education. She has worked for both daily and weekly newspapers as a reporter, photographer, editor, and page designer. Van Tuyll has been teaching journalism for the last 30 years but has always remained active in the profession as an editor of Augusta Today (a city magazine published in the late 1990s and early 2000s) and a medical journal. She is the author of six books on the history of journalism with numbers seven and eight slated to appear in Spring 2021. She is the winner of two lifetime achievement awards in journalism history research and service.
Email: debbie@theaugustapress.com
Stephanie Hill
Reporter
Stephanie Hill has been a journalist for almost 10 years. She is a graduate of Greenbrier High School, graduated from Augusta University with a degree in journalism, and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Masters in Mass Communication. She has previously worked at The Panola Watchman in Carthage, Texas, The White County News in Cleveland, Georgia, and The Aiken Standard in Aiken, S.C. She has experience covering cities, education, crime, and lifestyle reporting. She covers Columbia County government and the cities of Harlem and Grovetown. She has won multiple awards for her writing and photos.
Erin Weeks
Reporter
Erin Weeks is a reporter with the Augusta Press. She covers education in the CSRA. Erin is a graduate of the University of South Carolina Aiken. Her first poetry book, “Origins of My Love,” was published by Bottlecap Press in 2022.
Email: erin@theaugustapress.com
Scott Hudson
Reporter
Scott Hudson is an award winning investigative journalist from Augusta, GA who reported daily for WGAC AM/FM radio as well as maintaining a monthly column for the Buzz On Biz newspaper. Scott co-edited the award winning book “Augusta’s WGAC: The Voice Of The Garden City For Seventy Years” and authored the book “The Contract On The Government.”
Email: scott@theaugustapress.com
Greg Rickabaugh
Reporter
Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.
Email: jailreport@gmail.com
Liz Wright
Reporter
Liz Wright started with The Augusta Press in May of 2022, and loves to cover a variety of community topics. She strives to always report in a truthful and fair manner, which will lead to making her community a better place. With a desire to spread more positive news, she especially loves to write about good things happening in Augusta. In her spare time, she can be found reading novels or walking her rambunctious, rescue pit bull.
Email: liz@theaugustapress.com
Susan McCord
Journalist
Susan McCord is a veteran journalist and writer who began her career at publications in Asheville, N.C. She spent nearly a decade at newspapers across rural southwest Georgia, then returned to her Augusta hometown for a position at the print daily. She’s a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County and the University of Georgia. Susan is dedicated to transparency and ethics, both in her work and in the beats she covers. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Ravitch Fiscal Reporting Fellowship, first place for hard news writing from the Georgia Press Association and the Morris Communications Community Service Award.
Email: susan@theaugustapress.com
Skyler Andrews
Reporter
Skyler Andrews is a bona fide native of the CSRA; born in Augusta, raised in Aiken, with family roots in Edgefield County, S.C., and presently residing in the Augusta area. A graduate of University of South Carolina – Aiken with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he has produced content for Verge Magazine, The Aiken Standard and the Augusta Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Amid working various jobs from pest control to life insurance and real estate, he is also an active in the Augusta arts community; writing plays, short stories and spoken-word pieces. He can often be found throughout downtown with his nose in a book, writing, or performing stand-up comedy.
Email: skyler@theaugustapress.com
Drew Wall
Reporter
Drew Wall is a reporter with The Augusta Press covering education and community stories in the CSRA. As an Augusta native, he is passionate about storytelling that connects people to his hometown community. He graduated from Greenbrier High School in 2019 and from Augusta University in the summer of 2025 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. During his time at Augusta University, Drew wrote multiple articles for the university’s student newspaper, covering the Augusta University Women’s Basketball team. He also participated in several sports podcasts at school. After his football days in high school, Drew developed a love for the game of golf and is often found at a golf course in his free time. His other hobbies include watching Georgia Bulldogs football and spending time with his black lab, Bella.