Articles by Jim MacMillan

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: Leading the movement for better gun violence reporting: five years and running. Shootings declined last month in Philadelphia. And all the headlines. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: The first five years: PCGVR by the numbers… New study: No significant association was observed between police expenditure and shooting incidence… Flipping the switch at AGVR… And all the headlines. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: Second national conference for AGVR. Philadelphia homicides leapt from 13 victims in April to 30 last month. More fallout from federal cuts to prevention funding. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: State of Pa. shares community-informed news media guidance. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: “Unheard” documentary released, PCGVR in action at Penn, Temple & IRE, city shootings spike in May; still far below pandemic-era pace, Philly Obit Project posts first video from new Writing Heals Project. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. In this edition:  Association of Gun Violence Reporters reconvening at IRE in New Orleans. Philadelphia shooting victim count spiked in May. Police Spending Linked to Shorter Lives for Black Americans. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: The Association of Gun Violence Reporters levels up with new site, new look, expanded team, membership program and live events. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: PCGVR visits violence prevention network. More federal gun violence prevention cuts and localized fallout. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: We have a new reporting toolkit outreach campaign coming up — but you don’t have to wait. There’s a new podcast from Philadelphia. In the news: widespread localized fallout from federal cuts to gun violence prevention programs across the US. Read More

Each week we share news from our center, local updates from our partners at Billy Penn and all the latest gun violence and prevention headlines. This week: Behind the scenes with the Survivor Connection. FSU campus mass shooting aftermath. And all the headlines. Read More