Gun violence survivor stories, journalism best practices and learnings from the Credible Messenger Reporting Project at the Philadelphia Center For Gun Violence Reporting.
Community Voices of Healing, Reflection and Hope is a new podcast from the Credible Messenger Reporting Project at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting (PCGVR). Host and executive producer Maxayn Gooden is the Credible Messenger Community Manager Read More
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. Read More
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 Read More
Above: PCGVR Credible Messenger Newsroom Liaison Oronde McClain, left. interviews Manny Smith of Yahoo News, center, and Bill Anderson of Fox 29. We gathered at Temple University on July 29 for our Second Annual Credible Read More
This documentary about gun violence features intimate conversations among Ahmad Mitchell, Taylor Dixon-Moore and Yolanda Brutley-Dugger, students at Community College of Philadelphia. It was directed by Proof of Consciousness (P.O.C.) with assistant directors Aapril Rice (Breezy Digital) and Alisha Laws (Exhibit A Art Design.) Read More
A new short documentary called “The Path Forward” shares a conversation among four mothers who lost sons to gun violence in Philadelphia, sharing intimate experiences from first getting the news to learning how to survive. Read More
The first production from the Credible Messenger Reporting Project focuses on three co-victims of gun violence who worked together to show the long-lasting effects it can have on friends, family and community members. Read More
This documentary features a series of interviews addressing the emotional rollercoaster of life-changing events following the murder of a family member and discussing possible solutions to gun violence in Philadelphia. Read More
Solomon Jones of WURD Radio curated “Voices Beyond the Gunfire,” a series of five radio interviews discussing real-life experiences, exploring causes and effects of gun violence and weighing the human cost. Read More
Tashawn Strother, a community journalist from our Credible Messenger Reporting Project, hosts an audio documentary sharing her family’s journey after her son Walter Willis was shot and critically wounded on New Year’s Eve in 2019. Voices include our Director of Research Dr. Jessica Beard, who is also the trauma surgeon who cared for Walter – and Walter himself. Read More
Our first-ever Credible Messenger Film Festival kicked off Sunday at the Cope House at Awbury Arboretum in the Germantown section Philadelphia.
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.
Visit our home page for more info and the link to register for free tickets for Tuesday night’s screenings and discussions: PCGVR.org
Photographs by Kriston Jae Bethel
More than 150 people attended the in-person premiere of “They Don’t Care About Us,” last month at PhilaMOCA. Read More
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