Scalawag (magazine) explained
Scalawag |
Image Alt: | The logo reads Scalawag in blue, all caps, sans serif text |
Editor: | Cierra Hinton |
Editor Title: | Executive Director |
Previous Editor: | Evan Walker-Wells |
Category: | Politics, society, culture, economics, American south |
Frequency: | Quarterly |
Founder: | Evan Walker-Wells Sarah Bufkin |
Founded: | 2015 |
Country: | United States |
Based: | Durham, North Carolina |
Language: | English |
Scalawag is an American nonprofit digital magazine focused on Southern politics and culture.[1]
History
Founded in 2015 in Durham, Scalawag was launched through a Kickstarter that raised over $31,000.[2] The magazine is a left-wing,[3] 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.[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. Cierra Hinton is the executive director as of fall 2018.[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!, AJ+, and the New York Times.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Vitiello. Chris. 2015-12-02. New magazine Scalawag aims to tell the South's untold stories. 2021-05-13. INDY Week. en-us.
- Web site: 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). 13 May 2021. NiemanLab.
- News: Fausset. Richard. 2017-09-05. In Southern Magazines, Easy Pleasures and Hard Questions. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-05-13. 0362-4331.
- News: Renkl. Margaret. 2018-09-17. Celebrating Local Journalism. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-05-13. 0362-4331.
- Web site: Paynter. Kevon. 2018-07-05. How Issues in the South Affect the Entire Nation. 2021-05-15. YES! Magazine. en-US.
- Web site: Leonard. Sarah. 2020-11-25. Scalawag is the Magazine Remaking Southern Journalism. 2021-05-13. AJ+. en-US.
- Web site: Rogers. Jordan. 2015-05-19. Three Journo-Startups Taking On Traditional Media WRAL TechWire. 2021-05-15. WRAL Tech Wire. en-US.
- Web site: Hinton . Cierra . 2020-07-07 . Why we've decided to end our print magazine—and what we're reimagining instead . 2023-05-06 . Scalawag . en-US.
- Web site: Ammons. Jessie. 2017-12-01. Scalawag Magazine. 2021-05-13. WALTER Magazine. en-US.
- Web site: Harrison . Da'Shaun . 2023-05-30 . Scalawag welcomes Sherronda J. Brown as Editor-in-Chief . 2023-06-14 . Scalawag . en-US.
- Web site: How a month-long paid break transformed an office and its employees . 2022-07-20 . www.wbur.org . en.
- 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. 10.5749/natiindistudj.8.1.0089 . 234110808 . Gale Academic One File.
- Book: Neither here nor there : the many voices of liminality. 2019. Timothy L. Carson. 978-0-7188-4787-6. Cambridge. 1121607729.
- Book: Latina outsiders remaking Latina identity. 2019. Grisel Acosta. 978-0-429-40155-8. London. 1100588556.
- Web site: High. Les. 2017-12-27. From the editor: Frustration, tragedy underscore the problems of a broken mental health system – but there is hope. 2021-05-15. The News Reporter. en-US.
- Web site: 2021-05-14. The Top 5 Longreads of the Week. 2021-05-15. Longreads. en.
- Web site: 2020-04-20. PEN America Launches Local Heroes: Journalists Covering COVID-19. 2021-05-15. PEN America. en.