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| Executive Director | Cierra Hinton |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Evan Walker-Wells |
| Categories | Politics, society, culture, economics, American south |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founder | Evan Walker-Wells Sarah Bufkin |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Durham, North Carolina |
| Language | English |
| Website | scalawagmagazine |
Scalawag is an American nonprofit digital magazine focused on Southern politics and culture. [1] [2]
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]
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