Lessons learned from a scoop out of San Quentin

Last month, the Prison Journalism Project broke new ground with a story that began with an unexpected phone call from our correspondent inside San Quentin State Prison in the San Francisco Bay area. Normally, Joe Garcia calls to check in on Tuesdays, but this was a Wednesday, and he never called two days in a row unless there was news. 

“Alpine is on lockdown,” Joe Garcia told me, referring to his cellblock. “A guy tested positive.” 

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