Weekly Brief: 08.22.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: Association of Gun Violence Reporters aims to link journalists across the U.S. Read More
Articles by The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting
Association of Gun Violence Reporters aims to link journalists across the U.S.
By Sammy Caiola In the spirit of professional media organizations such as the Association of Health Care Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists, four gun violence reporters posted across the U.S. have created the Read More
Communications conference recap
PCGVR newsroom liaison Orodne McClain and some of our favorite partners participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national conference in Philadelphia. Read More
Weekly Brief: 08.15.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn. This week: Communications conference recap. New lows in Philadelphia shooting victim data. Research roundup.
Avove: PCGVR newsroom liaison Orodne McClain and some of our favorite partners participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national conference last weekend in Philadelphia. Photo: Oronde listens as Prof. Yvonne Latty, director of the Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting at Temple University, discusses our collaborative documentary: The Second Trauma. Temple Journalism professor and PCGVR research partner Jennifer Midberry is at right. Philadelphia Inquirer managing editor of visuals Danese Kenon and University of Montana journalism Prof. Lisa Krantz also participated. Washington and Lee University journalism Prof. Patrick Walters, previous longtime Philadelphia Associated Press reporter and Temple PhD alum, broke down our Credible Messenger Reporting Project during a separate session.
PCGVR founders discuss gun violence reporting
PCGVR director Jim MacMillan and research director Dr. Jessica Beard discuss gun violence, prevention and the role of the media on The Trauma Beat podcast with journalist, trauma researcher and author Tamara Cherry Read More
Weekly Brief: 08.08.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: PCGVR founders discuss gun violence reporting. Progress despite mass shootings.
Above: PCGVR newsroom liaison Oronde McClain speaks at the National Gun Violence Prevention Summit last winter in Washington. This week he will join a panel at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national conference in Philadelphia.
WEEKLY BRIEF: 08.01.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: Local activities making national impact. New documentary produced with Credible Messenger Reporting Project support. New research. Gun violence prevention and the election.
Weekly Brief: 07.25.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: This summer marks four years since we launched PCGVR, five since we launched the parent organization and six since we published the essay where it all began.
Pictured above: 250 people attended our inaugural Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit at WHYY in Philadelphia in 2019.
Weekly Brief: 07.18.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: Esteemed journalism organizations check in on our work. PCGVR at AEJMC. Responding to political violence.
Weekly Brief: 07.11.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: Progress amid tragedies. Halfway report: Breaking through in 2024.
Weekly Brief: 07/04/24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: PCGVR research informing new reporting practices. Philadelphia shooting victim decline persists. Stop-and-frisk gun recovery rate remains low years after changes. Surgeon General addresses harmful media exposure in new interview.
Weekly Brief: 06.27.24
Each week we share news from our Center plus local updates on gun violence and prevention from our partners at Billy Penn.
This week: Surgeon General’s Advisory flags media harm. New standard practices for journalists.