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. 25 No. 1/2 - Spring/Summer 1997
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Magazine cover with photo of high-rise building with the names of newspapers including The Houston Chronicle and Charlotte Observer, text reads "Southern Media Monopolized: Who owns your local newspaper?"

Southern Media Monopolized

  • From the Editor

    2

  • Roundup

    3

  • Followup

    Catfish workers face new challenges. By Michael Flug

    10

  • Who Owns the Southern Media?

    Media in the South continues to go corporate. By Ron Nixon and Jordan Green

    11

  • A League of Their Own

    Angry white academics hope to revive the Confederacy. By Diane Roberts

    18

  • Ties that Bind

    A Southern black woman discovers her past through a song. By Herb Frazier

    24

  • Best of the Press

    28

  • Alabama Forest Cut Short

    Alabama forestry practices short-change the state. By Bill Finch, et al., Mobile Press-Register

    29

  • Ritalin

    Widespread use of behavior drug sparks a debate. By Mary Loftus, The Ledger

    33

  • Between the Cracks

    Mentally ill prisoners behind bars lack proper attention. By John Desantis, The Courier

    36

  • Coal Companies Abandon Worker's Comp

    Coal operators make millions while shortchanging worker's comp. By Paul Nyden, Charleston Gazette

    39

  • Policing the Police

    Despite reports of police brutality, few cops are ever prosecuted. By Elise Ackerman and Michelle Myer, Miami New Times

    42

  • Junebug: Southern Exposure's Storyteller: Silence is Golden

    By Junebug Jabbo Jones

    46

  • Blueprint for Change

    Unions help in Georgia black congressional district. By Lane Windham

    48

  • Voices from the South

    Caroline Barr: Laughing behind the myth of Mammy. By Teresa Washington

    51

  • Fiction: Jack

    By Ruth Moose

    55

  • Reviews of Southern Media

    Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town called Rosewood and the film Rosewood. By Kevin O'Kelly. Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era. By Katherine M. Mellen

    59

  • Still the South: Wells

    By Mary Lee Kerr

    62
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