Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

Vol. 15 No. 3/4 - Fall/Winter 1987
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Magazine cover reading "The Best of the Press: Southern Journalism Awards"

The Best of the Press

  • Homeless and Hungry in the Big D

    by David Tarrant, Melinda Henneberger, Leslie Pound and Dan Barriero, Dallas Morning News

    4

  • The Water Below: The Poison in Our Wells

    by Dwayne Yancey, Roanoke Times & World-News

    8

  • Don't Buy Insurance From This Man

    by David Davis, Charleston Gazette

    11

  • Federal Fixup or Down-Home Fraud

    by Jim Keary and Tyler Taylor, Arkansas Democrat

    13

  • Lynching on Winn's Hill

    by Bill Winn, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

    17

  • Kids Tangled in State Custody

    by Michele Day, Kentucky Post

    25

  • Farmers' Harvest of Pain

    by Rebecca Hood-Adams, Jackson Clarion-Ledger

    28

  • Policing Police Misconduct

    by Ira D. Perry, Houston Post

    31

  • Underage Crews Clean Asbestos in Schools

    by Ann Mittman, Florida Today

    38

  • Squeezed Out of Northern Virginia

    by Bill Adair and Vera Titunik, Fairfax Journal

    39

  • Patients Nobody Wants

    by Rita Rubin and Olive Talley, Dallas Morning News

    42

  • The Death of Vinson P. Harris

    by Sally Jacobs, News and Observer

    45

  • Ruins for Rent in the State Capitol

    by William Rabb and Jimmie Gates, Jackson Daily News

    49

  • Amnesty for Immigrants: Will It Work

    by Dudley Althaus, Richard Beene, Jeff Collins, Tom Curtis, Richard S. Dunham, Robert M. Feinstein, David Fritz, David Pasztor, Lisa Hoffman, and John Cormack, Dallas Times Herald

    52

  • Prosperity's Broken Promise

    by Steven Beschloss, Virginian-Pilot

    56

  • Depression Dark as a Coal Mine

    by Rick Bragg and Dean Barber, Birmingham News

    61

  • Study in Black & White

    by Sally Huguley, The State

    66

  • Falling from Grace: The PTL Scandal

    by Charles E. Shepard, Charlotte Observer

    68

  • Who's Watching the PACs?

    by Mike Pigott, Nashville Banner

    72

  • The Yankee Lake Deal

    by Roger Roy, Jim Eusner, and Mark Andrews, Orlando Sentinel

    74

  • Teen Pregnancy: An Alabama Tragedy

    by Rose Wojnar, Emily Bentley, Dwayne Hood and Peggy Roberts

    77

  • The Pamlico's Troubled Waters

    by Frank Tursi and Paul Haskins, Winston-Salem Journal

    81

  • The Last Stop: Foundation Park

    By Greg Raver-Lampman, Charise Lyles, Kerry DeRochi, Tony Wharton, Matthew Bowers, Melissa Huff, Sarah Kinsman, Joseph V. Phillips and Tony Stein, Virginian-Pilot

    83

  • White Control Circumvents Black Power

    by Priscilla Painton, Jim Auchmutey and Chet Fuller, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    85

  • What Price Learning?

    by Anne E. Hartung and Kathryn Smith, Anderson Independent-Mail

    88

  • The Great Toyota Giveaway

    by Alecia Swasy, Lexington Herald-Leader

    92

  • The Great Toyota Giveaway

    by Joan Kent, Sun Herald

    94
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