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Friday, November 30, 2007

Happy 2,000, Facing South!

Sometime over the last week, in a flurry of posts about New Jersey, Mike Huckabee, HUD scandals and sandhill cranes, we passed an important landmark here at Facing South.

Since launching in spring 2005 with the vision of offering a fresh new take on Southern life and politics, we have put up 2,014 posts.

By my rough calculation, that comes out to roughly two posts a day -- a steady stream of thought-provoking coverage about the South that you won't find anywhere else.

Thank you to my co-conspirators at Facing South, Sue Sturgis and R. Neal -- as well as dozens of guest contributors over the last two-and-a-half years -- for helping turn Facing South into a "must read" resource for thousands of Southerners and South-watchers.

And thanks to you, our loyal readers, for your time, interest and ideas (keep the tips coming at facingsouth [@] southernstudies.org). We have some exciting plans in the works for greatly expanding Facing South and the Institute's online presence this spring.

So come on back now, ya hear?

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CHRIS KROMM blogs three days a week for Facing South. Chris is Executive Director of the Institute for Southern Studies and publisher of the Institute’s award-winning magazine, Southern Exposure.

SUE STURGIS blogs four days a week for Facing South. Sue is the Institute’s Editorial Director and a former reporter for The Independent Weekly and The Raleigh News & Observer.

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