Brett Buffington has been hired as an investigative reporter at WIS, the NBC affiliate in Columbia, S.C.
Buffington was most recently a reporter and multimedia journalist at WJBF, the ABC Affiliate in Augusta. He was nominated for an Emmy for investigative reporting during his two-year tenure at the station. He has also worked at WJXT, the independent station in Jacksonville, Fla.
Buffington begins at WIS on April 24.