Manie Robinson

Manie Robinson is a seasoned storyteller, filmmaker and educator. Since 2005, he has served as a sports reporter, columnist and video producer for The Greenville News and the USA Today Network. He has covered landmark events, player safety issues and Title IX disputes. He has investigated issues of economic disparity, racial disharmony and gender inequality.

He was named the 2018 South Carolina Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. He has also won more than a dozen South Carolina Press Association awards for video production, breaking news, enterprise reporting and opinion writing.

Robinson has also served as an adjunct professor in the communications studies department at Furman University. In May, he graduated from Wake Forest University with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Documentary Film.

His first short documentary, “A Chip Off the Old Rock,” explored the vandalism of the Clemson football icon, Howard’s Rock. It was featured in the PBS web series “Reel South” and screened at the Reedy River Film Festival. His current project, a feature-length documentary entitled “Proper Pronouns,” illuminates the lives of three transgender ministers in North Carolina.

Robinson’s first book, Top of the Hill, recounted the recent resurgence of the Clemson football program. It was published in October 2018 and is scheduled for a second release this fall.