The San Quentin News is produced by incarcerated writers, editors and designers. But we could not do what we do without our advisers. These wonderful … [Read more...]
AWARDS
2020 Editor-in- Chief Marcus Henderson, Second and Fifth Places for “Editorial Comment,” California Journalism Best of the Best Awards, California … [Read more...]
WHO KNOWS THE SAN QUENTIN NEWS?
SQNews Throwbacks: January 30, 1981
CORRECTIONS
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...]