Prison journalists
This is a long way away from Region 2, but it’s worth sharing.
Did you know there is a group of SPJ members inside a prison? San Quentin State Prison in Northern California.
I heard about this a few weeks ago, and read more details over the weekend at http://www.lifeofthelaw.org/2015/12/san-quentin-journalists:
In July 2015, two dozen inmates behind the walls of San Quentin State Prison
became the first journalists serving sentences inside a U.S. prison
to become members of the Society of Professional Journalists.
They’re members of the first professional association inside a
prison. The reporters with the San Quentin News and the
San Quentin Prison Report hold monthly meetings to discuss the ethics
and the craft of journalism with guests who are both news-makers and journalists.
Check out the copy of the (new) SPJ Code of Ethics in the group photo and read the inmates’ accounts of what journalism and SPJ mean to them.
There’s a lot to think about here.
(Cheers to Peter Sussman for sharing this link with me and for his advocacy on this topic)
