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Raphael James is an award-winning news anchor at WCSC-TV in Charleston, SC, bringing the day’s most important stories into homes across the Lowcountry. With nearly 30 years in the field, he has covered historic moments—from exclusive interviews at the White House to the tragic Mother Emanuel AME Church massacre in Charleston. Beyond the newsroom, Raphael is deeply committed to his community, faith, and family. He is happily married to his college sweetheart, Sarena, and they share three wonderful children—Jaydn, Nia, and Grant. With his new book I Don’t Want to Talk About It : A Journalist's Essays on Autism, Dementia, Religion, and God, Raphael brings his storytelling beyond the screen, offering a powerful exploration of resilience and courage, giving voice to the truths we'd often rather leave unspoken. James opens up about the challenges of having a son on the autism spectrum and a father with dementia. In addressing his uncomfortable conversations surrounding his own failings and his faith, he is hopeful that others will receive the healing that he found in the process.
Kevin Sack is a veteran journalist who has written broadly about national affairs for more than four decades and has shared in three Pulitzer Prizes. Sack spent 30 years on the staff of The New York Times, where he was a senior writer, and worked previously for the Los Angeles Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His work also has been featured in The New York Times Magazine. Sack is the author of Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church (Crown, June 3, 2025). It explores the 200-year history of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, site of the 2015 massacre of nine parishioners by a young white supremacist. The project was supported by a New America Emerson Collective Fellowship and grants from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. A native of Jacksonville, FL, and 1981 honors graduate of Duke University, Sack lives in Charleston, SC, with his wife, Dina Sack. They have three children