2008 Bill Graham Award
2005 Jefferson Award
2004 Pass Award
Press
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Beat Within S.F., 1997
Chance for Troubled Youth to Strut Their Stuff / 60 groups invited to Juvenile Hall, 2000
Release / The Beat is a magazine-newsletter hybrid, an underground railroad of artistry, a life-support system for otherwise forgotten men, women and teens, 2004
The Crime Report
The Beat Within: A Letter to No One, 2010
My Life, 2010
SF Examiner
The Beat Within: writing from the juvenile halls, 2009
Wiretap
Moving Pictures: Book Reveals Incarcerated Youth Art, 2008
Santa Cruz Sentinel
The acclaimed writing program The Beat Within gives incarcerated youth hope for a brighter future, 2009
Santa Cruz Wire
Top Authors Help ‘Beat’ Go On
Concerna Blog
The Unequal Fight for Injustice: Beat Within vs. Mother Jones, 2006
Mother Jones
First Person: Excerpts from The Beat Within, 2008
Truth Dig (audio)
London Riots: The View From Brixton, 2011
KQED
This Week in Northern California, 2002
KALW, Your Call
Youth Speaking for Themselves, 2006
KUSP, The 7th Avenue Project (audio)
Voices from Juvenile Hall, 2010
Prison Photography
PPOTR Dispatch #2: Interview with David Inocencio, Director of The Beat Within, 2011
Honorable Mention at the BEA Festival of Media Arts, 2011 – The Story of The Beat Within
Awards and Achievements
2011 Silver Heart award, Northern California Society of Professional Journalists