Scalawag
Executive DirectorCierra Hinton
Former editorsEvan Walker-Wells
CategoriesPolitics, society, culture, economics, American south
FrequencyQuarterly
FounderEvan Walker-Wells
Sarah Bufkin
Founded2015
CountryUnited States
Based inDurham, North Carolina
LanguageEnglish
Websitescalawagmagazine.org

Scalawag is an American nonprofit digital magazine focused on Southern politics and culture.[1][2]

History

Founded in 2015 in Durham, Scalawag was launched through a Kickstarter that raised over $31,000.[3] The magazine is a left-wing,[1] progressive[4] outlet targeting southern audiences and documenting a range of issues with "movement journalism."[5][6] Although it started primarily with volunteer labor and approximately 250 freelance writers and photographer, in 2018 the organization shifted to a membership model and offered events in order to become sustainable.[3][7] In 2020, the magazine announced it had made the financial decision to end its print operations.[8]

The co-founders include Evan Walker-Wells and Sarah Bufkin.[2] Cierra Hinton is the executive director as of fall 2018.[3][9] Sherronda J. Brown is the magazine's editor-in-chief as of March 2023.[10] In 2022 the organization went on hiatus for 30 days of paid leave for the entire staff.[11]

Scalawag's work has been cited in journals,[12] books,[13][14] and news outlets[15] including Longreads,[16] PEN America,[17] Yes!,[5] AJ+,[6] and the New York Times.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Fausset, Richard (2017-09-05). "In Southern Magazines, Easy Pleasures and Hard Questions". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  2. ^ a b Vitiello, Chris (2015-12-02). "New magazine Scalawag aims to tell the South's untold stories". INDY Week. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. ^ a b c Schmidt, Christine (2019-11-21). "Five years in, Scalawag is reframing who gets included in "the South" (and how to build a business off it)". NiemanLab. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ Renkl, Margaret (2018-09-17). "Celebrating Local Journalism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  5. ^ a b Paynter, Kevon (2018-07-05). "How Issues in the South Affect the Entire Nation". YES! Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  6. ^ a b Leonard, Sarah (2020-11-25). "Scalawag is the Magazine Remaking Southern Journalism". AJ+. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. ^ Rogers, Jordan (2015-05-19). "Three Journo-Startups Taking On Traditional Media | WRAL TechWire". WRAL Tech Wire. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  8. ^ Hinton, Cierra (2020-07-07). "Why we've decided to end our print magazine—and what we're reimagining instead". Scalawag. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  9. ^ Ammons, Jessie (2017-12-01). "Scalawag Magazine". WALTER Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  10. ^ Harrison, Da'Shaun (2023-05-30). "Scalawag welcomes Sherronda J. Brown as Editor-in-Chief". Scalawag. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  11. ^ "How a month-long paid break transformed an office and its employees". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  12. ^ Lomawaima, K. Tsianina (Spring 2021). "Editors' Introduction: Reflections on the Land-Grab Universities Project". Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association [NAIS]. 8: 89. doi:10.5749/natiindistudj.8.1.0089. S2CID 234110808 – via Gale Academic One File.
  13. ^ Neither here nor there : the many voices of liminality. Timothy L. Carson. Cambridge. 2019. ISBN 978-0-7188-4787-6. OCLC 1121607729.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  14. ^ Latina outsiders remaking Latina identity. Grisel Acosta. London. 2019. ISBN 978-0-429-40155-8. OCLC 1100588556.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ^ High, Les (2017-12-27). "From the editor: Frustration, tragedy underscore the problems of a broken mental health system – but there is hope". The News Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  16. ^ "The Top 5 Longreads of the Week". Longreads. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  17. ^ "PEN America Launches Local Heroes: Journalists Covering COVID-19". PEN America. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

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