In our December 2021 edition, we ran a story on the Genesis Project, by Kevin D. Sawyer, in which we misspelled the names of Helaine “Lainy” Melnitzer … [Read more...]
2022
Virtual gala raises over $70,000 for SQNews operations
A virtual fundraising event in August raised over $70,000 to help finance the printing and distribution of the San Quentin News. An online flyer … [Read more...]
Steve Brooks wins prestigious SPJ Award SQNews Staff Writer recognized for ‘Excellence in Commentary’
San Quentin News journalist Steve Brooks has earned the 2020 “Excellence in Commentary Award” from the Northern California Society of Professional … [Read more...]
Four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner inspires San Quentin News: “I think we’re living in a time where truth is up for grabs”
David Barstow, a four-time Pulitzer Prize–winning, investigative reporter for The New York Times, spoke to incarcerated journalists at San Quentin, … [Read more...]
Six SQN members make it home
San Quentin News lost six key staff members to parole during the year-long corona-virus pandemic that placed the prison on virtual … [Read more...]
S.Q. News Photographer Heads Out the Gate
Javier Jiménez, the San Quentin News (SQN) staff photographer for the last 18 months, ended his eight-year prison journey on March 16 when he became a … [Read more...]
SQN celebrates Black artists and entertainers
Rapper Kendrick Lamar made history by becoming the first hip-hop artist to win a Pulitzer Prize. Lamar won the honor for his fourth studio album, … [Read more...]