Announcements

PJP has appointed Steve Seleznow and Aly Tamboura to its Board of Directors and Alex Papachristou to its Board of Advisors.

Betts is a poet, lawyer and the Founder and CEO of Freedom Reads, an initiative out of the Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory to radically transform the access to literature in prisons.

The centerpiece of the project is a first-of-its-kind digital directory of operational prison publications and will serve as a living document to catalogue prison reporting over time.

Prison Journalism Project announces the election of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery as chair of its board of directors.

Prison Journalism Project has received the Community Champion Award in the small newsroom division from the Institute of Nonprofit News (INN) for its printed newspaper PJPxInside.

Prison Journalism Project announces the election of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery as chair of its board of directors.

PJP will host a pop-up exhibit and workshop as part of Eastern State Penitentiary’s program, Night Tours: Summer Twilight, in July.

Prison Journalism Project announces the appointment of Marcia Maziarz as the organization’s first director of development.

Prison Journalism Project (PJP), a national initiative that trains incarcerated writers to be journalists and publishes their stories, today launched the Prison Journalism Navigator. This new database provides tools, resources and unique insights aimed at spurring greater collaboration between external media outlets and incarcerated writers.

Prison Journalism Project has received an Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design for the front page design of its newspaper PJPxInside.

Prison Journalism Project (PJP) today announced that it has appointed seven directors to its newly established Board of Directors.

Prison Journalism Project has been awarded an inaugural grant from The Just Trust, a new grantmaking initiative dedicated to reforming the criminal justice system.

Prison Journalism Project (PJP) has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the FWD.us Education Fund.

New interface and expanded programs gives PJP a new strategic framework for pushing the boundaries of journalism inside prison.

Share has decades of experience in nonprofit fundraising and has served as a trusted advisor to many organizations.

$20,000 one-time grant will enable PJP to transform its digital publication.

The Institute for Nonprofit News recognized Prison Journalism Project co-founder and co-executive director Yukari Kane as one of 13 leaders with potential to reinvent independent news.

The Society of Professional Journalists is partnering with PJP to create a national, virtual chapter of incarcerated journalists serving time in corrections facilities across the country.

Story of the Week is PJP’s featured pick for each week for which writers will receive an honorarium.

Newly Established Board of Advisors is Led by Bill Keller, Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Marshall Project.

The Missouri Journalism School’s Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) named Prison Journalism Project co-founder and co-executive director Yukari Kane as one of its eight 2021-2022 fellows.

PJP writer Steve Brooks wins Commentary/Analysis Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.