As newspapers across the country downsize and lay off staff, one Bay Area paper, facing its own unique challenges, is thriving.
The San Quentin News, San Quentin State Prison’s inmate-run newspaper, celebrated a major milestone last month after releasing its 100th edition.
The paper, featuring news, columns, cartoons and book reviews, has a circulation of 30,000 and a readership spanning 43 states and 36 California prisons.
The origin of the San Quentin News goes all the way back to the 1920’s, when it was published as a newsletter under the name Wall City News.
To commemorate its 100th edition, the paper hosted a celebration inside the walls to honor the journalists, prison staff, and dozens of outside volunteers who collaborate on printing the paper each month.
“Today, as I stand before you as editor-in-chief of a newspaper that so many people are invested in, I am humbled,” said Editor-in-Chief Richard “Bonaru” Richardson. “I am humbled because every story, every achievement, every milestone, every accomplishment, every step the San Quentin News makes is because of you.”
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