Please make plans to join us for the first-ever Credible Messenger Film Festival on August 28th and 30th in the Cope House at Awbury Arboretum in the historic Germantown neighborhood of Northwest Philadelphia. We will screen every video production we have supported to date and it’s free to attend.
The Credible Messenger Reporting Project empowers people impacted by gun violence to report on root causes, lived experience and possible solutions from the community perspective. Credible Messengers are paired with advanced professional journalists to learn from each other and leverage their combined authority to produce and distribute news reports, with financial support provided by the Center. More info: Credible Messenger Reporting Project
Each screening will be followed by a panel discussion including some of the community journalists, producers and professional partners behind each mini-documentary as well as some of the people who appeared.
The events will be hosted by Maxayn Gooden, Credible Messenger Community Engagement Manager here at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, and Oronde McClain, our Credible Messenger Newsroom Liaison.
A free buffet will be available in the tent outside. Masks will be provided and required during the indoor screening. Free parking is plentiful.
When: August 28, from 2:30-5:30 p.m. and August 30, from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: The Cope House at Awbury Arboretum. (Directions / Google Maps)
Register for one or both dates now: Credible Messenger Film Festival
(Looking for info about our upcoming Better Gun Violence Reporting Workshop? Send us a message.)
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We launched The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting two years ago to explore the hypothesis that changing the way journalists and news organizations report on gun violence could prevent shootings and save lives.
We organized a community reporting project to shift power to people with lived expertise, a professional development program to support journalists already covering gun violence and a research collaborative which has been refining our focus by identifying harmful reporting practices and asking what the ideal, most ethical and impactful reporting on gun violence might look like.
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