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Maybe the worst-kept secret in journalism (mostly bc my blabber mouth), but I'm so happy we can start sharing more about the vision we have for smart, tough, in-depth coverage and conversations for the folks who are writing/fighting for the future of the South https://twitter.com/KellyAnnScott/status/1283437455274901510
Stay tuned for a harder launch later this year. But we're already telling important stories that couldn't wait. For example, @lilygjack has a great series looking at how PWIs and students are preparing to have some hard talks about campus racism https://reckonsouth.com/remember-silent-sam-student-activists-head-back-to-campus-more-determined-than-ever-to-address-racism/
We've also looked at Black mayors who were elected as younger, progressive reformers now caught in the eye of movements to defund/abolition police departments. This storyline is particularly complex in the South. Shouts out to @SarahWhitesk https://reckonsouth.com/a-new-generation-of-black-mayors-walks-a-fine-line-to-confront-policing-in-their-cities/
Meanwhile, on Facebook @StarrDunigan is killing it with the Black Magic Project, which she has singlehandedly grown into a community space to talk/celebrate/vent/solve the big problems facing us all right now. Check it out and join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/blackmagicproject/
Also -- and I deserve ZERO credit as this amazing work started long before I arrived -- Reckon Women and the team leading that work has already started making an impact. Squad members @acvollers @AbbeyCrain, who wrote this piece, are changing the game: https://reckonsouth.com/reproductive-justice-non-profit-buys-alabama-abortion-clinic/
The Reckon Interview and its live show, hosted and created by @JohnHammontree is amazing. Now that @KH_Creative_86 has stepped up to fill in as occasional host, it's really shown the power of the podcast medium in a climate like the one we're in https://reckonsouth.com/reckon-interview/
I'm grateful for @KellyAnnScott for not just encouraging but setting an expectation that we do the most impactful work we can imagine. The South got so much to say and with help from @rlwbenj @_thisisdez, Reckon will be in yalls face sayin it every single day
