In my last #CollegeInside #newsletter for 2022, I write about what I've learned in a year of covering prison #education. I write about learning how to communicate with people in #prison, working with incarcerated #journalists, and that there's a hunger for #highered in prison. Here's the full newsletter: https://www.opencampusmedia.org/2022/12/21/what-ive-learned-in-a-year-of-covering-prison-education/
22.12.2022 18:07In my last #CollegeInside #newsletter for 2022, I write about what I've learned in a year of covering prison #education. I write about...Now that the #election is over and it's #clemency season, I wanted to re-share the op-ed that the
@Suntimes editorial board published earlier this year after I wrote a profile of Johnny Pippins, a prisoner in Illinois who is seeking a commutation from
Govenor Pritzker to get out of #prison in order to do his PhD in #sociology. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/8/1/23287329/pritzker-clemency-prison-murderer-ph-d-university-iowa-johnny-pippins-editorial
Johnny Pippins didn't get out of #prison in time to start his #PhD last fall, but he says he's still hopeful for #clemency from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Read more about Pippins' story here: https://bit.ly/3V4Pvfj #highered #higheredinprison
24.11.2022 22:28Johnny Pippins didn't get out of #prison in time to start his #PhD last fall, but he says he's still hopeful for #clemency from...I talked to an incarcerated #student who wasn't allowed to enroll in #college one term because his cellie brought extra #food into their cell, which meant disciplinary hearings for both of them. Imagine if you couldn't go to class because your roommate took an extra snack from the dining hall? #prison #prisons #highered #higheredinprison
22.11.2022 05:16I talked to an incarcerated #student who wasn't allowed to enroll in #college one term because his cellie brought extra #food into their...After being transferred to another #prison just a few classes short of his degree, one incarcerated #student I talked to was able to get into classes at his new facility. However, he wasn't sure if his credits had transferred back to his original #college and didn't know if he had graduated. He was released at the end of October. “I just hope that I was able to finish my #degree because starting my life over outside of prison…is going to be hard,” he said. #highered #higheredinprison
22.11.2022 05:15After being transferred to another #prison just a few classes short of his degree, one incarcerated #student I talked to was able to get...Hey all ed #journalists and #criminal #justice journos who are planning to cover the expansion of prison #education next year -- what do y'all want to know? What do ed journos want/need to know about #prisons and what do justice journos want/need to know about ed? For justice journos, what advice do you have for people who are normally covering #colleges and universities? I'm working on a thing. #highered
19.11.2022 16:50Hey all ed #journalists and #criminal #justice journos who are planning to cover the expansion of prison #education next year -- what do...Thinking about #academic #freedom tonight. Not *that* kind of academic freedom, but the kind that gives you a kind of intellectual escape. From an incarcerated #student: "Taking classes gave me an opportunity to think about different topics that reminded me of my life before #prison." #higheredinprison #highered
19.11.2022 04:02Thinking about #academic #freedom tonight. Not *that* kind of academic freedom, but the kind that gives you a kind of intellectual escape...."Parenting from behind bars is like an air traffic controller trying to fly a plane from the ground — you can relay information, but you miss the hands-on experience that matters most," writes Ryan Moser on watching his son's college journey from afar. https://www.opencampusmedia.org/2022/11/17/in-abstentia-parenting-a-college-student-from-prison/
18.11.2022 18:13"Parenting from behind bars is like an air traffic controller trying to fly a plane from the ground — you can relay information, but...If #Mastodon is supposed to be mainly #journalists and #academics, that's pretty much already #everyone on my Twitter.
18.11.2022 02:36If #Mastodon is supposed to be mainly #journalists and #academics, that's pretty much already #everyone on my Twitter.There are many things that are still funky with this #platform but I'm liking the "delete and redraft" function
9.11.2022 00:43There are many things that are still funky with this #platform but I'm liking the "delete and redraft" functionI might be the first person to use the #hashtag #higheredinprison on Mastadon
9.11.2022 00:43I might be the first person to use the #hashtag #higheredinprison on MastadonI asked Bill Keller, founding editor of The Marshall Project, about the relationship between prison journalism and #higheredinprison. "My guess is that many prison journalists learned their craft, established contacts, and got encouragement thanks to teachers of college courses behind bars," he said. https://www.opencampusmedia.org/2022/11/02/qa-bill-keller-on-rehabilitation-and-the-waste-of-human-potential/
8.11.2022 23:50I asked Bill Keller, founding editor of The Marshall Project, about the relationship between prison journalism and #higheredinprison....On the relationship between #studentloanforgiveness and #reentry from an incarcerated borrower in Ohio, and the importance of getting accurate info inside:
8.11.2022 23:49On the relationship between #studentloanforgiveness and #reentry from an incarcerated borrower in Ohio, and the importance of getting...If you're new to following me, I'm a #highered #journalist covering #higheredinprison. Please also sign up for my #CollegeInside #newsletter on #prison #education for @opencampusmedia@twitter.com: https://bit.ly/3DOAAOU. There's plenty of in-the-weeds coverage for #policy wonks, but also general interest stories for anyone interested in increasing #highered access. #journalism #crimjustice #criminaljustice #secondchances #introductions
7.11.2022 20:50If you're new to following me, I'm a #highered #journalist covering #higheredinprison. Please also sign up for my #CollegeInside...There is such a #thing as #toomany #hashtags.
7.11.2022 20:35There is such a #thing as #toomany #hashtags.@keribla Are we going to get @StacyLynBurnet2 and @morgangodvin over here?
7.11.2022 06:29@keribla Are we going to get @StacyLynBurnet2 and @morgangodvin over here?I'm a longtime #education #journalist currently covering #higheredinprison. I'm not fleeing the bird app (yet), just staking a claim over here. I write a biweekly newsletter, #CollegeInside. You can also expect #dog pics and rants about #journalism.
6.11.2022 23:23I'm a longtime #education #journalist currently covering #higheredinprison. I'm not fleeing the bird app (yet), just staking a claim...Trying out a new thing.
6.11.2022 23:11Trying out a new thing.