
Shortly before the pandemic, we organized the inaugural Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit at WHYY in Philadlephia. Nearly 250 journalists, researchers, clinicians, officials and community representatives attended from across the nation.
Agenda | Audio | Experts | Hashtag | Notes | Photos | Press | Recap
Reporting Resources
- American Violence
- Bibliography of academic studies on contagion (2017)
- Berkeley Media Studies Group: Search results for “gun”
- Bullet Points: a resource for clinicians and medical educators who are committed to firearm injury prevention
- Covering Guns
- Dart Center: Covering Guns & Gun Violence
- Dart Center: Reporting on Youth Violence
- EveryStat: From EveryTown Research
- Fatal shootings by police: The Washington Post
- Firearm technology and vocabulary: Everytown
- Five things about deterrence – National Institute of Justice
- Following up: Gun violence coverage references from ONA18
- Google Dataset Search
- Gun Deaths In America | FiveThirtyEight
- Gun Violence 20/20 City Tracker
- Gun Violence Data Dashboard: Rockefeller Institute of Government
- Gun Violence Archive
- Gun Violence Data: Comprehensive record of over 260k US gun violence incidents from 2013-2018
- GVPedia
- Interrupters Documentary
- JJIE Resources: Data and Statistics
- JJIE Youth Gun Violence Resources
- Journalist’s Resource – Search Results for: gun
- Joyce Foundation “Lunch & Learn” webinars on emerging research
- K-12 School Shooting Database
- Let’s treat violence live a contagious disease: TED Talk
- Mapping Police Violence
- Miscellaneous Crime Sites (enormous resource list)
- National Gun Violence Memorial
- #NotAnAccident: unintentional shootings by children
- The Off-Ramp Project: Mass shooting info hub
- On the Media: How to Report On Gun Violence in America
- Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change: Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Police and Research
- Rank state by type of gun death: Gun Violence in the United States, 2010-17
- Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change
- Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review or Research Evidence
- Reporting on Violence: New Ideas for Television, Print and Web (2001)
- Solutions Story Tracker
- Monthly Firearm Sales Estimates
- Firearm technology and vocabulary: Everytown
- Vox: America’s unique gun violence problem, explained in 16 maps and charts
Gun violence and prevention news sites
Notable journalism projects
- The Children of Central City: NOLA.com | The Times Picayune
- Children Under Fire: St. Louis Public Radio
- Cost of the Crossfire: Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Guns & Lies: The Guardian US
- Gun Violence in Missouri: Seeking Solutions
- How We Fix This: The Trace
- The Other Victims of Gun Violence: Modern Healthcare
- Pennsylvania Capital-Star #PAForward Search: “gun” tweets
- Precious Lives: Milwaukee Public Media
- Targeting Gun Violence Newsletter: JJIE
- The Toll (newsletter): The Indianapolis Star
- The True Cost of Gun Violence in America: Mother Jones
- Voices of Gun Violence: Milwaukee Stories
- What Bullets Do to Bodies: The Huffington Post
- What Works to Reduce Community Gun Violence?
- Wounded City: The Commercial Appeal
Covering mass shootings
- Don’t Name Them
- I Love U Guys
- No Notoriety
- Reporting Mass Shootings
- Reporting Roseburg: The Journalists’ Narrative
- The Unintended Consequences of Media Coverage of Mass Shooters (and What We Can Do About Them) – IRE 2018 Tipsheet
- The Violence Project: Mass Shooting Data & Research
- US Mass Shootings, 1982-2021: Data From Mother Jones’ Investigation
We’re here to help journalists find a more diverse selection of expert sources, identify evidence-based responses to violence, develop strategies for community engagement, find inspiring past reporting, critical data and whatever resources they need.
Best practices for reporting community gun violence
Through our research and community engagement, we strive to advance best practices to produce the most ethical and impactful reporting on community gun violence. Following the summit, we published our first draft: Reporting on community gun violence? Here’s what to do
Trauma and self-care for journalists reporting on gun violence
Reporting on traumatic events such as gun violence can present special challenges and responsibilities related to the well-being of journalists, the people we engage with and the audiences and communities we serve. Please take advantage of these and other resources from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma:
Harm reduction
Self-care
- Self Care Tips for News Media
- Self-Care Amid Disaster
- New Media Landscape, Less Media Safety
- 8 Ways Freelance Journalists Can Practice Self-Care
- Student Journalist Perspective: Self-Care Practices for the Newsroom
For editors
- Reporters Exposed to Traumatic Events: Tips for Managers and Editors
- Editor Perspective: Self-Care Practices and Peer Support for the Newsroom
Gun violence prevention research institutions
- AFFIRM: American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine
- Begun Center for Violence Prevention
- Berkeley Media Studies Group
- Center for Gun Violence Prevention
- John Jay Research and Evaluation Center
- Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy
- National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research
- New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research at Rutgers
Intervention programs
- Advance Peace
- Cradle to Grave
- Cure Violence
- The HAVI
- Healing Hurt People
- National Network for Safe Communities
- National Offices of Violence Prevention Network
Advocacy groups
Please contact us if you spot any errors or omissions, or if you have any questions, concerns or recommendations.