About PCGVR

Caroline Suárez is the Project Management Associate at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting (PCVGR). She first joined as the project manager for PCGVR’s Survivor Connection in May 2024 before expanding her duties into a full-time role. Read More

Dr. Jennifer Midberry presents during our inaugural Better Gun Violence Reporting Summit at WHYY in Philadelphia in 2019. Dr. Jennifer Midberry is the journalism research advisor at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting and Read More

Above: Dr. Beard was featured among 6 Philadelphians With Promising Approaches to Gun Violence Prevention by Philadelphia Magazine in an article titled: Why a Temple Trauma Surgeon Is Pushing Journalists to Change How They Cover Read More

Above: Maxayn Gooden speaks at a screening of her documentary: “The Lasting Impact.” Maxayn Gooden first came to The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting as a community journalist, completing the very first report in Read More

Oronde McClain first came to The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting as a community journalist participating in our Credible Messenger Reporting Project in early 2022. Soon after, we invited him to join the staff as our first ever Credible Messenger Newsroom Liaison, a role in which he addresses harmful reporting practices and raises the voices of gun violence survivors like himself. Read More

Jim MacMillan is the founder and director of the Philadelphia the Center for Gun Violence Reporting. The Center is a project of the Initiative for Better Gun Violence Reporting, which he launched in 2019, during his residential fellowship at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. Read More

helping to meet their reporting needs, gathering community-produced content and helping to plan and execute improvements to the Credible Messenger Reporting Project. Read More