Prison Journalism Project appoints Dena Driscoll as director of philanthropy

Press Release | Prison Journalism Project The Prison Journalism Project (PJP), a national nonprofit that trains incarcerated writers in journalism and publishes their stories, today announced the appointment of Dena Ferrara Driscoll as director of philanthropy. Driscoll will lead the organization’s strategic fundraising initiatives, institutional giving and donor engagement to expand and deepen PJP’s impact across the country. Driscoll’s appointment comes as PJP scales its training programs, print publication and media partnerships, having collectively published more than 2,600 stories from behind prison walls. The organization was recently named a 2025 Emerging Strategies Honoree by the Library of Congress and listed as finalist for the 6th Annual Anthem Awards, with voting open to the public now. Driscoll will focus on raising funds to expand PJP’s programming and reach, including its literacy as journalism training programs, its initiative to expand women’s voices and its print publication PJP Inside, which is now distributed to 345 prison libraries in 42 states and has over 10,000 readers. “We are delighted to welcome Dena as our new director of philanthropy and look forward to her leveraging her deep experience in fundraising and development as we work to support more incarcerated writers,” said Yukari Kane, co-founder and
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