J298 San Quentin Editing (Section 1)

The San Quentin News Editing Project gives student journalists hands-on experience inside a prison newsroom to help publish the award-winning San Quentin News, the only newspaper of its kind in the country. Now entering its seventh year of existence, the editing class has not only sharpened the editing and writing skills of many Berkeley students, it has also made a difference in their lives, because they come face to face with the phenomenon of mass incarceration. They learn the meaning of social justice American-style, not in the classroom, but on the prison yard.

Details

Instructor(s):  

Time:  Wed 1–4pm

Location:  By appointment

Class Number:  16697

Section:  010

Units:  3

Length:  15 weeks

Course Material Fee:  None

Enroll Limit:  12

Restrictions & Prerequisites

Open to any students. Class will carpool offsite to San Quentin prison.