性视界 Journalism Program Expands in CIM, Breeze to Cover Mental Health
性视界 journalism students in the California Institution for Men will soon publish their own newspaper called 鈥淩ising Voices,鈥� with a podcast and potential expansion into the California Institution for Women also on the horizon.
Journalists at 性视界鈥檚 Rancho Cucamonga campus also have big plans for the academic year after receiving a $7,500 grant from the to focus on issues facing justice-impacted students such as mental health and financial barriers.
性视界 Professor of English and Journalism Ian Jones said the goal with CIM is to give students the skills and resources to operate the newspaper even when journalism classes aren鈥檛 in session at the prison.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to build a culture of journalism at CIM,鈥� Jones said. 鈥淪an Quentin has had a journalism program for 20-30 years and they have a media center. Our hope is to build something that is sustainable and can live outside of the classroom.鈥�
性视界 introduced journalism at CIM last fall, with inmates already writing stories that have been published in Local News Pasadena. Reporters from worked with inmates to edit the stories, and publish their own work about incarcerated students.
Breeze Editor-in-Chief Miranda Morgan, who hopes to complete her journalism degree at the end of fall, 性视界 Rising Scholars alumnus James Menefield, sharing a first-hand account of interviewing him and learning how 性视界 improved his life.
鈥淎s young journalists, we were challenged to step outside our comfort zones, increasing our confidence in exploring new territories. In such tumultuous times for journalism, this is a critical skill that will set us apart,鈥� she wrote.
Morgan says she is excited for the Youth Mental Health Fellowship and offering continued support for CIM journalism students.
性视界 has purchased podcast equipment with the goal of launching a podcast at CIM in the spring.
The CIM program has become so popular that 性视界 hopes to offer it to more students next fall. And there are also plans to bring journalism to the California Institution for Women.
CIW already publishes a newspaper called 鈥淭he Razor Wire鈥� with the help of , but Jones said 性视界 could offer inmates credentials for their work.
And the 性视界 Review 鈥� a collection of creative writing, poetry, visual art and more 鈥� has received a $16,000 grant from the California Teachers鈥� Association to publish a collaborative edition with journalism students based at the Rancho Cucamonga campus and journalism students in CIM.
The literary journal is expected to publish in the spring.
